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 | ![]() | | Photo: The Archives of the Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry | | | | Electchester technically comprises just 38 buildings — squat brick towers tucked neatly between the Long Island Expressway and NYCHA's Pomonok Houses. But residents of the co-op complex know it's really about what winds among the actual apartments: two shopping centers, a bowling alley, a public school, a library. A nearly century-old Jewish club that meets in an imposing office building with its original mid-century phone booths. The "rumpus rooms" in residential basements, where a Cub Scout pack gathers and children's birthday parties are held. On any given night, a handful of clubs — the Motorcycle Club, the Electrical Welfare Club — might assemble. There's no real need to ever leave Electchester except to commute into Manhattan for work, the same way it's always been — a slice of 1950s middle-class utopia smack in the middle of Queens. | | | Continue reading » | | Want more on city life, real estate, and design? Subscribe now for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. | | | |
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