Another Carnegie library that fared poorly was the Flushing branch, which was built in 1906 and torn down in 1957.

"People in our Flushing branches are not opening and closing accounts every six months," said John Aleffi, Chemical Bank's district manager for North Queens.

Most Flushing branches, whether American- or Asian-owned, have automatic teller machines that offer transactions in Mandarin as well as English.

At the Flushing branch, where I am the children's literature specialist, he could have found many titles for the young reader, up to 12 years old.

Where the soup dumpling craze began; the Flushing branch tends to be the most authentic.

His mother retired as the manager of youth services at the Flushing branch of the Queens Borough Public Library.

Chinese circus acrobats, as well as singers and a talented canine will appear from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Flushing branch, 41-17 Main Street.

His mother retired as a customer relations representative in the Flushing, Queens, branch of the Republic National Bank.

Construction has been finished on the new $1.5 million, almost 10,000-square-foot home of the Flushing, Queens, branch of the Y.W.C.A.

Emigrant Savings bought 20 of the branches with the Flushing, NY branch being purchased by Apple Bank for Savings.