IQueens, ibhantshi elisempumalanga yeSixeko saseNew York, inembali ebuyela ngaphesheya kwexesha lobukhosi. Indawo yeyona ndawo iyingxenye yeLong Island kwaye yayiyikhaya labantu baseMelika baseLenape.
Amakholoni aseNgesi naseDatshi afika eQueens ukuhlala ngo-1635 kunye neendawo zokuhlala kwiMaspeth naseVlissingen (ngoku i-Flushing) kuma-1640. Yayiyinxalenye yekholomu entsha yeNetherlands.
Ngo-1657 iikholoni zaseFrushing zasayinwa oko kwaziwa ngokuba yi-Flushing Remonstrance, umlandeleli we-US Constitutional provision for the freedom of religion.
Olu xwebhu lubhikishile ngokushushiswa koorhulumente bamaKoloni baseCholanzi.
I-Queens County - njengoko yaziwa phantsi komgaqo weNgesi - yayiyi-coloni yasekuqaleni yaseNew York, eyadalwa ngo-1683. I-county ngaleso sikhathi yayiquka into eyiNassau County.
Ngethuba leMfazwe yeNguquko, amaQueens ahlala phantsi koBrithani. I-Battle of Long Island yenzeke kakhulu eBrooklyn kunye neQueens idlala indima encinci kwimfazwe.
Ngexesha le-1800 le ndawo yayihlala ingakumbi kwezolimo. Ngowe-1870 i-Long Island City yasungulwa, yahlukana edolobheni laseNewtown (ngoku li-Elmhurst).
UQueens ujoyina iNew York City
Ibhunga laseQueens, njengenxalenye yesiXeko saseNew York, lakhiwa ngoJanuwari 1, 1898. Ngelo xesha, inxalenye yesempuma kwintsimi - iidolophu zaseNyakatho Hempstead, iOyster Bay kunye neninzi yedolophu yaseHempstead, yahlala njengengxenye yeNxweme yaseQueens, kodwa kungekhona ibhunga elitsha. Ngomnyaka kamva ngo-1899, bahlukana ukuba babe yiNassin County.
Le minyaka elandelayo ichazwe ngeendlela ezintsha zokuthutha kwaye yatshintsha indawo yokulala. I-Bridge yaseQueensborough yavulwa ngo-1909 kunye nomzila wesitimela phantsi koMlambo wase-East ngo-1910. Umzila we-IRT wokugxotha umzila ongaphantsi kwe-Queens ukuya eManhattan ngo-1915. Ukudibanisa nokunyuka kwezimoto kubangele ukuba abantu baseQueens baphindwe kabini kwiminyaka elishumi ukusuka ngaphantsi 500,000 ngo-1920 ukuya kwii-miliyoni ezili-1930 ngo-1930.
UQueens wayenomzuzu walo ekuhleni njengendawo ye-1939 yeNew York Fair Fair kwaye kwakhona njengeziko leNew York Fair Fair ngo-1964-65, zombini kwi- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park .
I-Airport ye-LaGuardia yavulwa ngo-1939 kunye ne- JFK Airport ngo-1948. Emva koko yayibizwa ngokuba yi-Idlewild Airport.
IQueens yaba yinto eyaziwayo kwintlalo yep pop njengengingqi yasekhaya ka-Archie Bunker kuyo yonke intsapho ngo-1971. I-TV ephawulekayo ye-TV-com yaza ichaza ukuba ibhunga libhetele okanye libi. Kwiminyaka yamuva abadlali baseQueens baye baphakama kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zeentlobo ngokubanzi kwihlabathi le-hip-hop kunye nezikhanyiso ezinjenge-Run DMC, uRussell Simmons kunye ne-50 Cent.
Ii-1970s-2000 ziye zavela kwelinye ibali elivela kwimbali yaseQueens njengoko amava aseMerika afumanekile avulekele umhlaba. UMthetho woLwazi lokuThuthwa koLuntu kunye noLwazi luka-1965 lwavula ukufuduka komthetho kwihlabathi lonke. UQueens uye wavela njengendawo yokufika kwabafuduki abangaphezu kwesiqingatha sabemi abavela ngaphandle kweelwimi kunye neelwimi ezingaphezu kwekhulu.
Ngama-2000, ii-Queens zithintelwe yintlekele. Ukuhlaselwa kwe-9/11 kwabetha abahlali kunye nabaphenduli bokuqala kwi-borough. I-American Airlines Flight 587 yaphahlazeka ngoNovemba 2001 kwiRockaways ebulala abantu abangama-265.
I-Superstorm Sandy ngo-Oktobha 2012 yachitha indawo ephantsi kwe-Queens. Ekuvukeni kwesiqhwithi, umlilo omkhulu washawula indawo yaseBreezy Point, wabhubhisa ngaphezu kwekhulu lamakhaya.