FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
QBP RICHARDS NAMES JASON D. ANTOS AS NEW QUEENS BOROUGH HISTORIAN
QUEENS, NY — Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. today announced the appointment of Jason D. Antos to the position of Queens Borough Historian.
“From the Flushing Remonstrance to the World’s Fairs to being the original home of the United Nations and beyond, The World’s Borough is truly the historical heartbeat of New York City. It’s a history worth celebrating, protecting and preserving for every single generation to come,” said Borough President RICHARDS. “I’m deeply confident that in Jason D. Antos, we will have a Queens Borough Historian who will dedicate his time in this role to doing just that. I look forward to working with Jason in the years ahead to ensure our past informs our future and that our history is always revered.”
“I am extremely grateful and humbled to serve as the new Queens Borough Historian,” said Queens Borough Historian JASON D. ANTOS. “I thank Borough President Richards and all of my friends and colleagues in the Queens history family who have been so generous with their support of my efforts in preserving the epic history of Queens. I will begin work right away with the Borough President’s Office and with local Queens-based historical societies to help spread the knowledge of our borough’s wonderful legacy. The history of Queens belongs to all of us!”
As stated in New York State law, the role of Queens Borough Historian includes establishing and supporting programs to preserve historical government records, fostering the collection and preservation of historical nongovernmental records within libraries, historical societies and other related entities and carrying out and otherwise encouraging research into such records to add to the communal knowledge and understanding of local history.
An accomplished writer, historian, public school educator, licensed New York City tour guide and lifelong Whitestone resident, Antos has served as the Queens Historical Society’s executive director since 2021 after previously serving as the group’s board president. Prior to his time with the Queens Historical Society, Antos served on the Bayside Historical Society’s board of directors from 2014 to 2017.
Additionally, he has published seven books on the history of Queens and is a regular contributor to Give Me Astoria — a magazine focused on the arts, culture and history of Western Queens.
Antos succeeds the late Jack Eichenbaum, who was appointed Queens Borough Historian by then-Borough President Helen Marshall in 2010. He served in that role until his passing in December 2023.
A photograph of Antos is available upon request.
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