Flushing Public Art

Historical marker location:

136-74 39th Ave, Flushing, New York

( Marker is on Lippman Plaza just south of 39th Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported damaged.)

Flushing Freedom Mile.

The first recorded jazz concert took place in New York City in 1917, featuring a band led by the pianist James Reese Europe. Jazz music would go on to become a defining feature of New York's cultural scene, with legendary clubs like the Cotton Club and the Village Vanguard.