Fresh Meadows is the residential neighborhood in the northeast part of the New York City Queens borough. Fresh Meadows is located in the southern part of Flushing and bordered on the north by Fresh Meadows Playground and Horace Harding Expressway, west by South Flushing and Hillcrest sub-neighborhoods, to the east by Cunningham Park, and south by Union Turnpike and St. University. John. The neighborhood is part of the Queens Community Board 8 and is serviced by the United States Postal Service as ZIP code 11365 and 11366.
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History
The name "Fresh Meadows" dates back before the American Revolution. Fresh Meadows is part of the Town of Flushing, which has a vast area of ​​saltland, like the original "Flushing Meadows". The wetlands of hilly land south and east of Flushing village, however, are fed by fresh springs, and thus are "fresh pastures". Fresh Meadows Road (which today follows the same route under a number of names, including Fresh Meadows Lane and part of the Utopia Parkway) crosses the area, and serves as a route from Whitestone's landing site to the Jamaican village.
During the American Revolution, British troops camped in the area. General Benedict Arnold drills his troops in the area, at the site of M.S. 216. To facilitate the transport of military supplies from British ships using the Whitestone Landing and troops camped further east, a new road was built to connect the Fresh Fresh Road to Hempstead. The road begins at what is now the junction of Utopia Parkway and 73rd Avenue, near a local landmark along Fresh Meadows Road: the remains of a large tree that has been burned after being struck by lightning, and it is known as the "Black Stump". The road takes its name from this feature, and is called "Black Stump Road." During the 19th century, the agricultural community known as Black Stump was developed in the area. Black Stump School is located in Utopia Playground currently, on 73rd Avenue and Utopia Parkway. For several years, the Black Tunggul forest is rumored to be haunted because people hear strange sounds coming from the forest. In 1908, the mysterious voices came from a hermit who lived in a small hut and sang Irish folk songs at night.
Fresh Meadow Country Club opened in 1923. The country club is named after the northeast area of ​​Flushing although it is actually located in southeast Flushing, just south of what is currently the Long Island Expressway near 183rd Street. Golf course designed by A.W. Tillinghast. The PGA Championship was held at the Fresh Meadow Country Club in 1930, and the US Open was held on the field in 1932. In 1937, the golf course organized a charity match between John Montague, Babe Ruth, Babe Didrikson, and Sylvania Annenberg, a game watched by 10,000 fans, some rushing to the golf course and leaving Babe Ruth's shirt in tatters.
In February 1946, the land was sold to New York Life Insurance Company, and it became a Grassroots Real Estate Development. New York Life Insurance Company does not allow blacks to live in Fresh Housing Housing. It was also built for local World War II veterans. The eponymous shopping complex and shopping center is the first in the United States designed primarily to accommodate cars rather than pedestrian traffic. In 1949, Lewis Mumford described the Fresh Meadows housing complex as "perhaps the most positive and encouraging example of large-scale community planning in the country."
Until 2004, the neighborhood was home to Klein Farm, the last surviving commercial farm in New York City, located on 73rd Avenue between 194th and 195th Streets. Attempts by local residents and civilian officials are currently underway to reopen agriculture.
In October 2011, a book written by Fred Cantor and Debra Davidson that recorded the history of Fresh Meadows was released.
Currently, the area has Cunningham Park, and the Long Island Motor Parkway, a former highway now used as a biking/walking path also passes through the area as part of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway.
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Demographics
Fresh Meadows is home to an estimated population of 13,286. Its inhabitants have an average income of $ 75,123, and the neighborhood has a living cost about twice the national average. According to recent census data, 44 percent of 16,100 residents are white, 24 percent Asian, 14 percent black, 29 percent Hispanic, and 3 percent describe themselves as multiracial. This environment is historically and traditionally home to one of the most developed Jewish communities in New York City. Currently, there is an increased presence of younger Asian-American and Latin American families, Israelis, Bukharian Jews, and one Guyanese family living in the neighborhood.
Subdivision
Hillcrest
Hillcrest is a small residential neighborhood in the center of Queens. Its name comes from its location in the hills between Flushing and Jamaica. Hillcrest stretches from Grand Central Parkway to 73rd Avenue, between Utopia Parkway and Parsons Boulevard. The main commercial road is Union Turnpike. This is part of the Queens Community Board 8. The ZIP Codes for the environment are 11366 (Fresh Meadows zip code) for anything above Union Turnpike, and 11432 (Jamaica zip code) for the southern part of the neighborhood (under Union Turnpike, north of Grand Central Parkway). Its neighbors are Jamaica Hills and Jamaica Estates to the south, Briarwood and Kew Gardens Hills in the west, and Pomonok, Utopia, and Fresh Meadows in the north and east. Mostly composed of single-family homes, located in relatively wealthy state school districts, and have low crime rates according to NYPD 107th Pct.
Like many neighborhoods in the city, the perception of boundaries is very different from any official or unofficial map, especially in Queens, where there are many towns and villages. Most people in the northeastern section of Hillcrest identify themselves as at Fresh Meadows, as do all those living in the nearby "Utopia" area. Others tend to identify with the environment surrounding them. There is a small group in the center of Hillcrest that identifies exclusively with it. Hillcrest is home to the Orthodox Jewish community. Some public high schools in Hillcrest are Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School, and Queens School of Inquiry.
Utopia
Utopia, a middle-class neighborhood, is in the southeastern part of Fresh Meadows, bordered by Utopia Parkway to the west, 188th Street to the east, Union Turnpike to the south, and 73rd Avenue to the north. It's adjacent to the neighborhoods of Jamaica Estates, Hillcrest, and Fresh Meadows. The neighborhood is part of the Queens Community Board 8. The postal code is 11366. It contains a large group of Conservative and Orthodox Jews as well as groups of Chinese, Korean, Russian, Indian, and Hispanic. Utopia is an environment consisting mostly of houses with tree-lined streets, and The Utopia Playground and Hillcrest branch of the Queen's Public Library serve residents in this area.
In 1905, the Utopia Land Company bought 50 hectares (20 acres) of agricultural land "between Jamaican and Flushing communities". The group aims to build a cooperative community for Jewish families interested in moving from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. After the initial acquisition, the company was unable to secure sufficient funding to further expand this area. Thirty-five years later, Gross-Morton Park Corporation of neighboring Jamaica began developing the area, which has remained a farm since the first purchase.
Post office and public library
The Queens Public Library manages the Fresh Grass Library and the United States Postal Service operates the Fresh Meadows Finance Post Office. The Utopia Post Office is in Utopia.
Transportation
This neighborhood is served by the New York City Transit bus route Q17, Q26, Q30, Q31, Q46, Q88, QM1, QM5, QM6, QM7, QM8. Fresh Meadows is not a major transportation hub, as there is no New York City Subway Station or Long Island Rail Road within its borders, although the extension of the New York City Subway was proposed in the 1970s. Nevertheless, it contains an exchange between the Long Island Expressway and the Clearview Expressway.
Education
The New York City Department of Education operates a public school. Public schools located at Fresh Meadows include George J. Ryan High School, P.S. 26 schools of Rufus King, and P.S. 173 The Fresh Meadows School. Fresh Meadows is also home to the Preparatory School St. Francis, the largest Catholic high school in the United States, and the main campus of St. University. John is located on the Hillcrest border at Union Turnpike, with Hillcrest Jewish Center - the building also makes use of space for The Summit School, a state-approved, school-free school that caters to students with special educational needs - is located just a little east on the same road.
On December 22, 1980, the New York Japanese School moved from Jamaica Estates, Queens to Fresh Meadows, in the former P.S. 179. In 1991 the school moved to Yonkers in Westchester County, New York. Japan Weekend School in New York, weekend school of Japan, held a class at Rufus King School (P.S.26Q). Japanese Weekend School in New York. In 2006 the school had about 800 students, including Japanese and Japanese Americans, at locations in Westchester County and Long Island.
References
External links
- Fresh Meadows.com
- Forgotten NY: Fresh Meadow Lane, Queens
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