Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center

93-29 Queens Boulevard

Rego Park, Queens, NY 11374

Opened: 1939

40.731684, -73.865617

This building was built by the Works Progress Administration as a firing range and drill hall for the Queens Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion. It is named in honor of a World War I patrol that got separated from their division in France in 1918, but managed to hold off a larger German force for six days until reinforcements arrived.

The building was acquired by NYC Parks in 1960.

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