Touring the Trolley Trail / Streetcar journeys to Queens cultural, historic sites QUEENS Edition

"We wanted to make it easier for people to access the culture that exists in Queens," said Jo-Ann Jones, the mastermind behind the trolley idea. Jones is also the executive and creative director of Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, a nonprofit organization that operates Flushing To...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author Robin Haas. Robin Haas is a freelance writer
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 01.01.2002
EditionCombined editions
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Jones, Jo-Ann
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Summary:"We wanted to make it easier for people to access the culture that exists in Queens," said Jo-Ann Jones, the mastermind behind the trolley idea. Jones is also the executive and creative director of Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, a nonprofit organization that operates Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd., and the new trolley. The "Queens Culture Loop" will run every half-hour on Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. from Flushing Town Hall and also will stop at the No. 7 subway station at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue and then continue on to the main gate of the Queens Botanical Gardens. Riders can then pick up a second trolley - run by the city Parks and Recreation Department - that runs through Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, stopping at the New York Hall of Science, Queens Theatre in the Park and the Queens Museum of Art. Also using the services of the trolley will be the Council's "Queens Jazz Trail" tour, which is offering a part-walking, part- driving three-hour guided tour to run the first Saturday of every month. The jazz trail visits the neighborhoods of jazz legends Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, and it is designed for anyone interested in learning more about jazz, as well as seasoned jazz connoisseurs. Rare footage of jazz musicians will be aired on the trolley's video monitors. The jazz tour costs $15 and starts at 10 a.m. sharp in front of Flushing Town Hall.