By SHAWN G. KENNEDY. "If you're thinking Of living in: Ozone Park. " New York Times (1857-Current file) [New York, N.Y.] 29 Jul 1984,***[insert pages]*** ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004). ProQuest.http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=120442713&SrchMode=5&Fmt=10&retrieveGroup=0&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1191350431&clientId=13031 . 2 Oct. 2007

This article was written in 1984, yet it proves to be of much help on proving some historical background about the neighborhood. The first paragraphs even go into explaining some of the possible roots of the name Ozone Park. This includes the derivative of the word ozone, meaning air and is suggested how people used to come to that particular area in search of "wide open spaces and ocean breezes". Again a geographical sense of the location of Ozone Park is provided, explaining its extension, and naming and listing the bordering neighborhoods. Howard Beach, Wooodhaven, South Ozone Park, are among the neighborhoods Ozone Park is settled around. The neighborhood is bordered by Atlantic Ave, 106 street, Belt Parkway and the Queens-Brooklyn border line, commonly known as city-line. This was the very first thing I learned when I moved into the neighborhood because i happen to live on "city-line", meaning every time I cross the street I'm at a different borough. Even though this artictle eventually goes on into the real-state at the time, it provided some very relevant facts about Ozone Park's background history, even going back in to 1870's. Arounf this time, even though according to external research Ozone Park was already established, a huge factory was created by business men Grosjean and Lalance . This is what is considered as one of the most significant stimulant for the growth and development of the neighborhood. Many houses where created in order to house the employees, this led to churches, schools, and commerce to also started rising.



Seyfried, Vincent F.: The story of Woodhaven and Ozone Park/
New York : The Leader Observer, [1986]
(pg 29-83)(pg 110-170) October 1, 07

The author of this book distinguishes on writing about various neighborhoods of New York City, specially of Queens. Even though the name of this book is The story of Woodhaven and Ozone Park, most of the book emphasized on primarily Woodhaven. However on the preface of the book the author clarifies this situation stating that these two communities are so "closely intertwined", and "developed together". This is indeed true since these two neighborhoods are right besides each other. Referring to Ozone Park, in this book it is mentioned, what i have already found out on previous research, that at the early beginning, Ozone Park was settled "east land of the Rockaway branch of the LLRR to 106st and Rockaway Blvd". However it eventually expanded down to Atlantic Ave which became to separation line between Woodhaven and Ozone Park, but still developing and growing simultaneously. In this book I found very surprising facts about the history of Ozone Park, going back more than a century ago. For example around the 1830's the neighborhood served as one of the most significant centers for Horse Racing gaining a great reputation and economic growth. In this book it is also mentioned the impact of the development of the neighborhood that the factory which LaLance and Gosjean opened. Statistic and census reports are also listed and explained during different periods time. For example during the "explosive boom of the 1920" statistics show how in Ozone Park in the year of 120 there were only 30 commercial stores opened, but by the end year of 1925 this had grown to 200 stores.