Service Lodge No. 1009 played an important role in the history of Queens Freemasonry. Known for charity, ritual work, fellowship, and community involvement, the lodge helped shape Masonic life in Flushing and the First Queens Masonic District.

Chartered in 1919 in Elmhurst, Queens, Geba Lodge No. 945 emerged during a formative period in New York civic life. This directory preserves the names of its charter members and notable members, highlighting the lodge’s place in the broader history of Masonry in New York.

Chartered in Elmhurst in 1919, Geba Lodge No. 954 was more than a Masonic hall. It was a meeting place for immigrant ambition, civic ritual, neighborhood charity, and an unlikely brotherhood that included David Wechsler, Dudley D. Shoenfeld, Bernard Berkley, and Don Rickles.

Founded in Manhattan in 1856, City Lodge No. 408 endured war, grief, charity, and migration before becoming Service City Lodge No. 1009 in Queens.

Garret J. Garretson rose from old Newtown to the New York Supreme Court, building a public life defined by civic duty, judicial integrity, and trust across party lines.

A directory honoring the charter members and notable members of Mizpah Lodge No. 738 and their lasting impact on the history of the Lodge and Elmhurst, Queens.

Founded in Hunter’s Point in 1865, Island City Lodge No. 586 grew alongside Long Island City itself, from modest beginnings in borrowed rooms to a lasting place in the civic and Masonic life of Queens. This directory honors the Charter Members who established the Lodge and the Notable Members whose service, leadership, and fidelity helped shape its enduring legacy.

Frederick Skene helped build the systems that kept New York moving. An engineer, educator, freemason, and Queens resident, he played a key role in shaping the roads and waterways that carried the state into the modern age.

In November 1915, hundreds of Freemasons marched through Astoria to lay the cornerstone of Advance Lodge’s new temple, marking a major moment in local history.

In 1867, twenty-two Masons in Astoria founded Advance Lodge to bring fellowship closer to home. Their charter reveals a rising village shaped by waterfront work, immigration, civic ambition, and the enduring belief that brotherhood should be built where life is lived.