Golf Course Information

Description

Late in the summer of 1921, representatives of the Golf Course Construction Company approached the Unity Club, a social organization serving Brooklyn, with a proposal to purchase 106 acres of farmland in Queens and build an 18-hole golf course. The idea appealed to the club even though the vast majority of its members knew little about the sport and the round-trip between Flushing and Brooklyn would have turned a round of golf into an all-day affair.

By late November, interest was lagging, and the Company was entertaining other offers. Encouraged by Nathan Jonas, a respected community leader and member of the Unity Club, the deal was consummated. Although the new club was named for an area northeast of Flushing, it was located just south of what is now the Long Island Expressway, near 183rd Street.

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