Kew Gardens Hills is a middle-class neighborhood in the midst of the New York City area of ​​Queens. The western border is Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, to the north is Jewel Avenue, to the south is Union Turnpike and to the east is Parsons Boulevard (or 164th Street). Kew Gardens Hills roughly covers the Postal code 11367. This neighborhood is part of the Queens Community Board 8.
The neighborhood is located near several highways including the Long Island Expressway, Grand Central Parkway, the Van Wyck Expressway, and Jackie Robinson Parkway (Interborough). It is also served by several bus routes. Nearby neighborhoods include Forest Hills to the west, Hillcrest to the east, Briarwood to the south, and Queensboro Hill to the north.
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Geography
Kew Gardens Hills is located in the southwest corner of an area historically known as Flushing City, in the 6th district.
Since the environment in New York City is not defined by the city, there are several ways to define the geographic boundaries of the region:
- General limits: The western boundary of this neighborhood is considered Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, which is separate from the neighborhood by the Van Wyck Expressway. This park's southern playground is located east of the Van Wyck Expressway, and is accessible only through the entrance along Park Drive East. Although part of the park, the playground is considered in Kew Gardens Hills. Prior to the construction of the Van Wyck Expressway, the IND World Fair Line ran along this route during the 1939 New York World Exhibition.
- Postal boundaries: Since 2003, when the United States Post Office renamed post office in zip code 11367 to "Post Office of Kew Gardens Hills", territorial boundaries for the purpose of Zip Code extend from the south at Union Turnpike, north on Horace Harding Expressway and east to Parsons Boulevard. Prior to 2003 the Post Office was called Post Office Station C. Although the post office was named "Kew Gardens Hills", the USPS still pointed to the city or city for the purpose of handling it as "Flushing".
- Other designations: Several areas, east of Parsons Boulevard and west of 164th Street, as well as south Union Turnpike and north Grand Central Parkway are included in Kew Gardens Hills, by NYC Department of Education, historian Kew Gardens Hills Eruv Committee, by the resident or the business itself, or by a real estate broker. In this expanded area - with the exception of several zig-zag borders - residents north of 73rd Avenue using ZIP 11365, south of 73rd Avenue, ZIP 11366, and south Union Turnpike, ZIPs 11432 and 11435. These areas include Pomonok, Electchester, and Parkway developments Village, among others. Although the ZIP code with the first three digits as "114" was originally set in the "Jamaica" post town, the Kew Gardens Hills area is within the geographical boundaries of the original Flushing City. Currently 164th Street runs along the original border between the 4th and 6th districts of Flushing.
Nearby neighborhoods include Forest Hills in the west, Hillcrest to the east, Briarwood to the south, and Queensboro Hill to the north.
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History
Initial settlement
In the northwest part of the neighborhood is the Spring Hill Farm location of 120 acres (49 acres). Agriculture was part of Francis Lewis's real estate during the colonial period. In 1762, the farm was owned by Colonel Thomas Willet, High Sheriff of Flushing, and sold to Cadwallader Colden, lieutenant governor for New York Province. In 1763 Colden built the Spring Hill House on the property. In 1783, the property was confiscated by the government because Cadwallader's son, David, was a loyalist to the monarchy. In 1894 the Durkee family owned the property and sold it to the Cedar Grove Cemetery Company. The Spring Hill house became the Cedar Grove Cemetery office, until the house was later destroyed by fire. Cadwallader Colden and Thomas Willet were among those buried on the property in what is now the base of the Hebron Mount Cemetery.
In the 19th century, the area of ​​Kew Gardens Hills was known as the Head of the Fly because of its location on the upper Flushing River (or Flushing River). Fly or vly, being the Dutch word for swamp. One of the oldest roads in the area is called Vleigh Road, and still exists today as Vleigh Place.
Timothy Jackson operates stable stable stables near the intersection of Park Drive East and Union Turnpike, or Kew Gardens Interchange at the moment. At what is now the previous Jamaican subway page is a racetrack course, built by Timothy Jackson, and is known as Whitepot Race & Path. Although the train pages are not in Jamaica, it's named Jamaica because the subway line feeds page starts (or ends) in Jamaica. This area is an extension of Willow Glen Farm Timothy Jackson where the farmhouse is located south of the Union Turnpike in the Jamaican neighborhood now called Briarwood. In the 1750s, William Furman was the owner of the farm he named Willow Glen. Today Willow Lake, at the southern end of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, retains the Willow name.
The municipal government of the Town of Flushing, originating from colonial times, along with the other municipal township municipalities in Queens County, was incorporated into the Borough of Queens on 1 January 1898. Later, the area, named after Kew Gardens, was renamed in 1909 after the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, England in England.
The first modern houses in this area were built in 1917 at the Union Turnpike, but in the early 20th century, this area was known as the Queens Valley and consisted mostly of agricultural land. In the 1920s many farms were sold to golf clubs or country clubs. Golf course that includes this area includes Spring Hill Golf Course, Queens Valley Golf Course, Pomonok Country Club, and Arrowbrook Country Club. In 1939, the Arrowbrook Country Club was the home of the "Summer City Hall" Mayor of La Guardia.
One of the roads that crosses the area is called Quarrelsome Lane., Which runs from Jamaica Road to Fresh Meadow Road; the road is now known as 75th Avenue. Jamaica Road, the most direct route between the villages of Flushing and Jamaica, is now Kissena Boulevard and becomes Parsons Boulevard at the Quarrelsome Lane intersection.
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Growth to Kew Gardens Hills came when Kew Gardens, Queens, in the south, acquired a subway line on Queens Boulevard in 1936 and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, directly to the northwestern neighborhood, hosted the 1939 New York World Fair. mostly from Germany, Ireland and Italy. Many moved from Brooklyn and Manhattan. The area is hilly and Kew Gardens is known as the prestigious Queens neighborhood and the developer changed its name from Queens Valley to Kew Gardens Hills.
The first Queen of Peace celebrations took place in 1939. Property along 144th Street, now part of Main Street, was seized by the city to complete the construction of the Main Road from northern Flushing. Main Street was paved and bus routes began to serve the area in 1941. The Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills was established in 1941. The Queens County Savings Bank opened its branch in 1949 and the local school, P.S. 164, also known as Queens Valley School, also opened its doors that year.
Main Street Cinemas - designed by architect Joseph Unger, who also designed the Trylon Theater - opened in 1940 and operated by Interboro Circuit Inc. The 600-seat one-seat theater was built at a cost of $ 75,000, and is dubbed one of the city's finest. The theater has been subdivided into a six-screen cineplex. Of the 39 theaters that Interboro once operated, Main Street Cinemas is the only theater still in use today.
On July 14, 1965, the neighborhood became famous when Eddie Crimmins Jr. a five-year-old and a four-year-old Crimmins vanished from their garden apartment at 150-22 72nd Drive. Missy's body was found on the same day on a vacant lot at 71st Avenue on 162nd Street (the area where 107th Precinct is located today.) Eddie's corpse was discovered five days later near 68th Drive and the entrance north of the Van Wyck Expressway. The mother of the children, Alice Crimmins, was convicted in 1971, and imprisoned, in the death of her children. He was released in 1977.
On September 16, 2010, an EF1 tornado landed in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, causing widespread damage to cars and homes in the Kew Gardens Hills area. John Bowne High School - located along Main Street on the edge of the CUNY Queens College campus, directly opposite Mt. Hebron Cemetery - is the only public school building in New York City to sustain the physical damage associated with the storm and close on the day after the storm.
Demographics
Based on data from the 2010 US Census, Kew Gardens Hills population is 37,479, an increase of 1,427 (4.0%) from 36,052 counted in 2000. Covering an area of ​​873.05 hectares (353.31 ha), the neighborhood has a population density of 42.9 inhabitants per acre (27.500/sq., mi; 10,600/km 2 ).
Racial makeup is 53.9% (20,184) White, 7.6% (2.839) African American, 0.2% (63) Native American, 20.0% (7,500) Asian, 0.1% (20) The Pacific Islands, 0.4% (156) of the other races, and 3.1% (1,169) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of each race is 14.8% (5,548) of the population.
This neighborhood consists of established Orthodox Jews and Haredi residents and some Israelis, BukhÄra Jews as well as small groups from Latin, Korean, Chinese, Indian, Afghan, and African American. Kew Gardens Hills is home to the largest concentration of Afghans in the New York metropolitan area.
There are several dozen places of worship at Kew Gardens Hills, many of them Jews.
Founded in 1941, Jewish Center Kew Gardens Hills is the only traditional Conservative synagogue located in the heart of Kew Gardens Hills. In the 1950s, the Orthodox Jewish community began to take root. The first orthodox synagogue was formed in 1950 on Parsons Boulevard and Road 78 when the Jewish Center of Torath Emeth was formed with Rabbi Joel Laks as spiritual leader. The following year, the Young Congregation of Israel Kew Gardens Hills was founded in 1951 with 15 families. The congregation now consists of 450 families. The Machzikei Hadas Congregation formed by Rabbi Yosef Gelernter on 73rd Avenue, is home to the first mikveh in Kew Gardens Hills. In March 1960, the City Council named a small park on Vleigh Place and Main Street as Merdeka Square to commemorate the centenary of Theodor Herzl's birth, the founder of contemporary Zionism. Because this neighborhood has a large Orthodox Jewish population, many residents also moved from traditional Jewish settlements such as Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
Other places of worship include the Roman Catholic Church, Queen of Peace, located on Main Street on 77th Road. St. Nicholas from Tolentine is located on Parsons Boulevard just behind East Parkway Village. The Ascension Lutheran Church is located on Main Street just south of the Union Turnpike. The Lutheran Redeemer Church, located on 65th Avenue near Parsons Boulevard, is also a facility used by the Grace Community Church of Korea.
The Muslim population and Sikhs are quite large, especially on the north side with some shops serving the population.
Education
Public schools
Kew Gardens Hills public schools, such as public schools throughout New York City, are operated by the New York City Department of Education.
The following primary school (PK-5) is located in Kew Gardens Hills:
- P.S. 154
- P.S. 164 (Queens Valley)
- P.S. 165 (Edith K. Bergtram)
- P.S. 219 (Paul Klapper)
- P.S. 255
- Queens College School for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (Q499)
- P.S. 201 The Discovery School for Inquiry and Research (Q201)
- PS/MS 200Ã, - School Pomonok & amp; STAR Academy (Q200)
The following secondary schools (grades 6-8) are located in Kew Gardens Hills:
- I.S. 250 Community Secondary School Robert F. Kennedy (Q250)
- P.S. 164 (Queens Valley)
- P.S. 219 (Paul Klapper)
- P.S. 255
- Queens of Inquiry School (Q252)
- Queens College School for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (Q499)
The following secondary schools (grades 9-12) are located in Kew Gardens Hills:
- John Bowne High School (Q425)
- P.S. 255
- Queens School of Inquiry (Q252)
- Community College Robert F. Kennedy (Q670)
- Townsend Harris High School at Queens College (Q525) Townsend Harris High School serves academically talented students.
- The North Queens Community College, which serves troubled youngsters from New York City looking to get their high school diploma has been in the area since 2007.
Colleges and universities
Two university campuses are located in Kew Gardens Hills. Located in the northern part of Kew Gardens Hills is Queens College, a liberal arts college that is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Queens College also serves as an important cultural institution for locals with the Colden Performing Arts Center and the Godwin-Ternbach Museum.
Graduates from Queens College include the real son of Jerry Seinfeld, who was awarded honorary doctorates in 1994, Ron Jeremy, and Paul Simon.
Lander College, the men's college of Touro College, has a large campus on 150th Street on 75th Road.
Private school
Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim (76th Road & 147th Street), Lander College for Men (75th Road and 150th Street, a division of Touro College), and Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim (71st Avenue & Main Street, a division of Touro College) yeshivas is located in Kew Gardens Hills.
Sekolah agama lain yang terletak di Kew Gardens Hills termasuk St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Shevach High School (Main Street di 75th Road), Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun, Yeshiva of Central Queens (70th Road di 150th Street), Yeshiva Ketana (Parsons Boulevard & amp; 78th Road) dan Solomon Schechter School of Queens (76-26 Parsons Blvd.)
Perpustakaan umum
Queens Library operates the Kew Gardens Hills Branch at 72-33 Vleigh Place. From 1954 to 1998 this library was called Vleigh Branch. In 2012, part of Vleigh Place between 72nd Drive and 72nd Road, the library building block, renamed Pat Dolan Way. Dolan is president of the Homeowners Association of Kew Gardens Hills until she was killed in a 2011 car crash. She was instrumental in securing funding for the expansion of the library. A 3,000 sq ft expansion of Kew Gardens Hills branch begins in March 2013 and the library reopens on September 6, 2017. A temporary library has been opened nearby on 71-34 Main Street during this period.
The Queens Library also operates the nearest Pomonok Branch at 158-21 Jewel Avenue, east of Parsons Boulevard.
The Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, on the campus of Queens College, is a repository of US government publications. The library is open to the general public for consultation and use at this collection site.
Trading
The commercial area in the neighborhood includes Main Street, Union Turnpike, Parsons Boulevard, and Kissena Boulevard. Main Street, in particular, is home to many Jewish-themed stores and kosher restaurants. Many businesses along Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills are close to Shabbat because of the large Jewish population in the area. Many businesses along Kissena Boulevard, on the other hand, have been permanently closed due to the economic crisis.
Emergency services
The majority of Kew Gardens Hills are serviced by the 107th New York City Police Station. A small part of the area within Queens Community Board 7 is serviced by the 109th New York City Police Station. Kew Gardens Hills is serviced by New York City Engine 315à ¢ â,¬â "¢ s City Ladder Department, located at Union Turnpike on 159th Street. Emergency medical services are run by the FDNY Bureau of EMS, and the City of New York, Health and Hospitals Corporation operates the 164th Queens Hospital Center (formerly known as Queens General Hospital) in the southeast corner of the area. Located on Main Street on Booth Memorial Avenue, just a few blocks north of Kew Gardens Hills in Queensboro Hill, is the New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital (formerly Queens New York Hospital and, before then, Booth Memorial Hospital). Hatzolah Volunteer Ambulance, Queens Division also serves the community of Kew Gardens Hills, with 3 ambulances.
Politics
Except for the area west of Main Street and north of the cemetery located within the boundary of Queens Community Board 7, the remaining area in Kew Gardens Hills is inside the Queens Community Board 8. The entire area of ​​Kew Gardens Hills is part of the New York City Council District 24. In January 2014, Rory Lancman, inaugurated as a member of the 24th district council, succeeded James F. Gennaro, who, after undergoing three periods, could not run for re-election due to term limits.
Some civil associations or homeowners lobbied on behalf of residents in the area. These associations include the Kew Gardens Hills Homeowners Civic Association, the Flushing on the Hill Taxpayers Association, the Cedar Grove Civil House Association, the Suburban Civil Society Association, the Georgetown Mews, and the Parkway Village Historical Society.
Kew Gardens Hills is divided among the three districts of the New York State Assembly. These districts are 24; Councilor David Weprin, 25; Rector Nily Rozic, and 27; Rector Daniel Rosenthal. Kew Gardens Hills is also divided among the three districts of the New York State Senate. These districts are 16; Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, 14; Senator Leroy Comrie and 15; Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. Finally, Kew Gardens Hills is divided between two congressional districts in the United States Congress. These districts are New York's 5th congress district and New York's 9th congress district.
Transportation
Main north-south arteries through and around the neighborhood are Main Street, Kissena Boulevard, 164th Street, and Parsons Boulevard. The east-west artery is Jewel Avenue, Union Turnpike, and Horace Harding Expressway. Highways to and around the neighborhood include Grand Central Parkway, the Van Wyck Expressway, and Jackie Robinson Parkway (Interboro Parkway), all of which intersect at the Kew Gardens Interchange.
Local New York City Bus Routes are Q17, Q20A, Q20B, Q44 SBS, Q46, Q64 and Q88, and Q74 buses are used to serve the environment almost exclusively through 2010. The MTA Bus Routes are Q25, Q34 and Q65. All express buses from Kew Gardens Hills to Manhattan are operated under the MTA Bus Company. Express routes include QM1, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM7, and QM8. However, there is no New York City Subway station that caters to the neighborhood directly, and is accessible by local bus.
Road shared
Due to the large Jewish population of the Kew Gardens Hills, six roads in the neighborhood were named or named after the well-known Jews:
- Freedom Square is named for respecting Theodor Herzl's search for a Jewish homeland
- Rabbi Kirshblum Triangle, named for the first rabbi of the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills
- Dr. Rabbi H. Joel Laks Way on the Road 78 between Parsons Boulevard and 160 Street, named after the founders of the first orthodox synagogue in the area
- Rabbi Avraham Schechter Way, the name for the leading inhabitants of the community is located between 147th Street and 150th Street along the 72nd Drive
- Haym Salomon Square (triangle geometric), across from the Kew Gardens Hills branch of the Queens Borough Public Library, named the Revolutionary
- Abe Wolfson Triangle, the name for environmental activists and one of the founders of the Queens Historical Society is located along Kissena Road near 75th Avenue.
Other named or shared paths for non-Jews include:
- Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. Avenue is the common name for Jewel Avenue, after the united labor leader who built Electchester.
- Pat Dolan Way, the Vleigh Place block overlooking Kew Gardens Hills Library. It is named Pat Dolan, an old president of Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association who died in 2011 in a car accident.
- Pat Dolan Trail: Park trail cut into the swamp at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the south side of Willow Lake. The trail extends from the Mauro Playground on Kew Gardens Hills to Grand Central Parkway Service on the Forest Hills.
Structure
The New York City Parks and Recreation Department maintains several playgrounds and parks in the Kew Gardens Hills area:
- Cedar Grove Playground. Located on Main Street on Gravett Road. The playground is located next to JHS219.
- The Electric Playing Arena. Located along 164th Street in the development of Electchester.
- Emerald Playground. Located at 164 Street from Jewel Avenue.
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The pedestrian and bicycle doors south to the Park are located on Jewel Avenue just south of Park Drive East. Albert Mauro Playground near Willow Lake is accessible from Park Drive East near 73rd Terrace. A bridge over the Van Wyck Expressway connects the playground to Willow Lake. In the spring of 2013, the NYC Department of Parks changed the name of the road around Willow Lake, Pat Dolan Trail. The trail is open to the public during the daytime.
- Freedom Square Playground. Located in Freedom Square at the intersection of Vleigh Place and Main Street.
- Judge Moses Weinstein Playground. The playground is located on Vleigh Place, north of the Union Turnpike.
- Playground 75. Located on 160th Street on 75th Road.
- Pomonok Playground. Located on Kissena Boulevard on 65th Avenue, opposite Queens College.
- Queens Valley Playground. Located on 137th Street on 76th Road. The playground is behind PS 164.
- Vleigh Playground. Located on 70th Road east of 150th Street, behind PS 165. This playground is located along the route of what is Vleigh Road.
In popular culture
- Stuart Electronics Showcase on Parsons Boulevard is featured in Season 14 Episode 14 of Law & amp; Messages . The real life owner of the shop is Peter Guggenheim, father of Law & amp; Order author Mark Guggenheim.
- The scene from the 2000 movie Boiler Room was taken at Kew Gardens Hills. Kew Gardens Hills is also referenced in the film.
- Kew Gardens Hills is home to Max and Mina's Ice Cream, named after the 1st of 10 most famous Ice Cream Parlors in America in Everybody Loves Ice Cream, the Whole Scoop on American favorites by Shannos Jackson Arnold, Emmis Books, July 2004. Several restaurants in Manhattan offer Max & amp; Mina's Ice Cream on their dessert menu. The Trivial Pursuit 20th Anniversary Edition presents the question "What are halal products served in flavors like smoke, corn on the cob, and turnips, at Max & Mina in Flushing, New York?"
- The 1939 PGA Championships are played at the Pomonok Country Club, now home to Pomonok and Electchester housing in the northern part of Kew Gardens Hills. Henry Picard won the championship that year.
- Slackwire's Sam Johnson quarter-final show at Season 8 on America's Got Talent was filmed at Queens College during the summer of 2013.
- The scene from Still Alice was filmed at Campbell Dome in Queens College.
- The scene from HBO's The Leftovers was filmed at Queens Hall.
- Saturday Night Live drama scene Your Enthusiasm, starring Larry David as Presidential Candidate President Bernie Sanders, was filmed in front of Jefferson Hall and the Queens College Student Union building. This episode aired on NBC on February 6, 2015.
Famous citizen
Notable residents of the past and present at Kew Gardens Hills include:
References
External links
- Media related to Kew Gardens Hills, Queens on Wikimedia Commons
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