The cast iron clock's design incorporates a bell-cast shaped column base and an anthemion finial above the dial casing.

[2] The clock originally was installed at 161-11 Jamaica Avenue but was moved in 1989 to 92-00a Union Hall Street.

The clock is a New York City designated landmark and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

The exact text of the letters is unknown, as the 1940 tax photo was taken from behind a pillar of the elevated BMT Jamaica Line.

[3] By the 2020s, the clock had again fallen into disrepair; its head was dented and a panel in its pedestal had to be sealed using duct tape.

Local activist Thomas Crater contacted politicians and city government agencies about issues with the clock.