Jason Antos

Jason D. Antos was appointed to his role as the Official Queens Borough Historian in September 2025 by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., succeeding the late Jack Eichenbaum. Antos is a lifelong resident of Whitestone, Queens, and has dedicated his career to chronicling, preserving, and educating the public on the diverse history of New York City’s largest borough.

In his capacity as the official borough historian, Mr. Antos is responsible under New York State law for preserving governmental and nongovernmental historical records, expanding research, and advocating for local landmarks. One of his primary initiatives is partnering with the Department of Education to build a hyper-local Queens history curriculum for public schools.

Mr. Antos has served on the board of directors at the Bayside Historical Society and Queens Historical Society. Jason has a long history of leadership at the society (headquartered at the Kingsland Homestead in Flushing), serving as the Board President in 2019 before taking over as the Executive Director in 2021.

He has worked for more than a decade as a reporter and associate editor for the Queens Gazette and has frequently contributed to local publications like the Queens Chronicle and Give Me Astoria.

Mr. Antos has published eight books with Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America and Then and Now series, documenting specific Queens neighborhoods and landmarks. Whitestone (2006), Shea Stadium (2007)—noted as the first standalone comprehensive history of the iconic stadium, Queens: Then & Now (2009); Flushing: Then & Now (2010); Jackson Heights (2012); Corona: The Early Years (2015); Douglaston–Little Neck (2021); and his most recent book, Sunnyside–Woodside (2026).