FLUSHING  , formerly a township and a

village of Queens county, New York, U.S.A., on Long Island, at the head of Flushing Bay, since the 1st of January 1898 a part of the borough of Queens, New York City . Flushing is served by the Long Island railroad and by electric lines . It was settled in 1644 by a company of English non-conformists who had probably been residents of Flushing in Holland, from which the new place took its name . Subsequently a large number of Quakers settled here, and in 1672 George Fox spent some time in the township . Before the War of Independence Flushing was the country-seat of many rich New Yorkers and colonial officials .