[1] It is located in the Kew Gardens municipal facilities stretch bounded by Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike among other roads.

Designed by architects William Gehron and Andrew J. Thomas in the stripped classical style,[1] it was built between March and November 1940 at a cost of some $1,800,000, low for its size.

[2] Featuring a red brick facade,[3] was 580 feet long upon construction and four stories high; the office suite for the borough president and his or her cabinet was designed for the center of the building.

[4] Queens Borough Hall was designed to serve as the center of civic life, and had other functions, such as a post office, when first built.

[11] Following years of degradation and neglect caused by apathetic Borough Hall officials, it was decided the car would be put up for auction; It sold for $235,700 in July 2022.