Photo of Jenkin Hockert (right) with Principal Jacob Raphael standing outside the new Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School, December 4, 1958, photographer unknown, courtesy of Queens Borough Public Library Archives, Long Island Daily Press Collection, http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/browse/thomas-edison-high-school-0
Photo by Kendall Amuaku, 2023.
Justice Jenkin Hockert (1894-1990) was a long-time resident of Jamaica Estates. A graduate of Valparaiso University and Columbia Law School, he served in World War I as a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He was Queens County Clerk, City Magistrate, and Judge of the Civil Court before becoming a judge of the New York State Supreme Court. Hockert was a founding member and President of the Jamaica Estates Association.
"Judge Hockert Triangle," New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, accessed October 1, 2022, https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/greenstreet-qz54/history