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Hollis Preservation Association Resources

Instagram Community Resource Directory

A curated, crowdsourced gallery showcasing local street photographers, preservation accounts, visual neighborhood storytellers, and regional historical imagery centered around Hollis.

Who From Hollis Do You Follow?

Hollis history is still being made, shared, photographed, remembered, and debated online every day. Help HPA grow this directory by sending us Instagram accounts connected to Hollis — local creators, small businesses, historians, artists, coaches, churches, schools, community groups, notable residents, descendants of Hollis families, or neighborhood voices we should know about.

If their page helps tell the story of Hollis, preserves local memory, uplifts the community, or keeps our cultural legacy visible, we would love to hear about it.

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Queens Imagery & Architectural Archives

Local digital preservation accounts, archival photo projects, and street historians mapping the changing physical landscape of Southeast Queens blocks.

Visual Preservation

Historic NYC Districts

Community photography tracking structural styles, original residential woodwork, and preservation battles. Perfect for finding deep-dives on classic Victorian and single-family Queens homes.

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Neighborhood Life

Hollis Street Photography

A central hub for user-submitted, modern snapshots capturing daily life, block associations, community murals, and architectural transformations right here in Hollis.

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Cultural Heritage & Landmark Legacies

Digging into the visual style, music innovations, and legendary icons that shaped the world right from the front porches of Hollis, New York.

Culture Platform

Rock The Bells

The definitive lifestyle and history platform founded by notable Hollis native LL Cool J. Their feed serves as a highly polished museum of rare vintage photos, classic hip-hop fashion, and neighborhood lore.

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Hollis Hip-Hop Legacy

Ja Rule

Official Instagram account for Ja Rule, the Hollis-born rapper and actor whose early-2000s hits helped bring Queens hip-hop into the center of popular music.

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Hollis Hip-Hop Legacy

Pauline the Hollis Queen

Instagram page for Pauline “Puppet” Mimms, known publicly as Pauline the Hollis Queen. Her page preserves recollections of a life rooted in Hollis, early hip-hop culture, RUSH Productions, independent film, Black cultural memory, visual art, and the creative legacy she continued to champion through HIP HYPE MEDIA.

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Arts & Culture

Danny Simmons

Official Instagram account for Danny Simmons, the Hollis-raised artist, poet, philanthropist, and co-founder of Rush Arts whose work connects the Simmons family legacy to visual art, arts education, and community culture.

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Community Spotlight

Southeast Queens Artists

Spotlighting independent local painters, musicians, street artists, and creative youth groups keeping the rich multi-generational storytelling tradition of our community alive.

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Cross-Platform Preservation Repositories

Want to swap tips on old house restoration, browse short-form videos, or see researched property boundaries? Check out our sister community directories.

Short-Form Hub

TikTok Community Resource Directory

Access our fresh index of short-form video editors, neighborhood streetwalk creators, and regional civic board testimony channels.

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Community Boards

Facebook Resource Directory

Jump to our comprehensive dashboard of local civic associations, school alumni networks, and deep text-based neighborhood memories.

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