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Horace Harding Exwy. Sr. Rd. S., 62 Ave. bet. 99 St. and 102 St.

Queens

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Acres: 1.60

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

Rego Park, where this property is located, would seem to derive its nomenclature from a word in another language, or perhaps a historical figure. This is not the case. “Rego” is in fact a contraction of the name of the construction company which developed the area in 1920 - the Real Good Construction Company. “Re” comes from Real, “Go” comes from Good, hence Rego Park.

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