Flushing Armory

{{Short description|Armory in Queens, New York}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Flushing Armory

| nrhp_type =

| image = Flushing Armory west tower sun jeh.jpg

| caption = Western octagonal tower

| location = 137-58 Northern Blvd., Flushing, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|40|45|47|N|73|49|44|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York City#New York#USA

| area =

| built = 1906

| architect = Heins, George L.

| architecture = Late Victorian, Castellated

| added = March 23, 1995

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500442|title=Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS}}

| refnum = 95000270{{NRISref|2009a}}

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The Flushing Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located in Flushing, Queens. New York City. It is a brick and stone castle-like structure built in 1905–1906, designed to be reminiscent of medieval military structures in Europe. It was designed by state architect George L. Heins.{{cite book | last=Todd | first=Nancy | title=New York's Historic Armories: An Illustrated History | publisher=State University of New York Press | publication-place=Albany, New York | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-7914-6911-8 | oclc=62697093 |page=222}}

It consists of a two-story, hip-roofed administration building with an attached {{frac|1|1|2}}-story, gable-roofed drill shed, spanning open space of {{convert|11400|sqft|m2}}. Both sections are built of load bearing brick walls sitting on a brownstone foundation. The building features a five-story octagonal tower at the northwest corner and a three-story round tower at the northeast corner. They feature tall, narrow windows and crenellated parapets.{{cite web|url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-07-01 |title=Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) |publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |format=Searchable database |accessdate=2016-03-01 }} Note: This includes {{cite web|url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=34834&q=false |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Flushing Armory |accessdate=2016-03-01 |author=Nancy L. Todd |format=PDF |date=December 1994 }} and [https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=34836&q=false Accompanying eight photographs] Throughout the armory's history it has been used for the National Guard, as a homeless shelter, and a gymnastics center. It is currently used by the New York City Police Department's Strategic Response Group.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.