The Middle Village is the main residential neighborhood in the central part of the Queens district, New York City, bordered on the north by the Long Island Expressway, east by Woodhaven Boulevard, south by Cooper Avenue, and west with Mount Olivet Cemetery. A small trapezoidal area bounded by Mt. Olivet Crescent to the east, Fresh Pond Road to the west, Eliot Avenue to the north, and Metropolitan Avenue to the south, often considered part of the Middle Village but sometimes considered part of nearby Ridgewood.
Middle Village is bordered by Elmhurst neighborhood in the north, Maspeth and Ridgewood to the west, Glendale to the south, and Rego Park to the east. In 2003, South Elmhurst, an area between Eliot Avenue and the Long Island Expressway, was moved from ZIP code Elmhurst 11373 to ZIP Middle Village code 11379. This neighborhood is part of Queens Community District 5, served by the Queens Community Board 5. Housing in The neighborhood is mostly single-family homes with many attached houses, and small apartment buildings.
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This area was built around 1816 by people of British descent and was named in the early nineteenth century because of its location as the midpoint between the cities of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Jamaica, Queens, at Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike (now Metropolitan Avenue) which opened in 1816. It was generally rare inhabitants because of the large Juniper swamps in the area. Swamp, an area where Americans hide from Britain in the American Revolutionary War, was initially limited by the "Juniper Round Swamp Road". In 1852, a Lutheran church in Manhattan bought farmland in the western end of the hamlet.
After the Civil War, the region became predominantly German. Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike became an undiscovered path in 1873, and St. Roman Catholic Cemetery John was placed on the east side of the city in 1879. Other hotels and services appeared to meet the needs of the grave visitors. The western part of the Middle Village was called "Metropolitan" until before World War I.
The Juniper Swamp was filled in 1915. In 1920, the area was renamed "Juniper Valley" as part of a revitalization project. Shortly afterwards, gangster Arnold Rothstein bought 88 acres (36 ha) of land, erected a facade of the house on the ground, and tried to sell these houses, but not before he tried to sell land to the city as an airport.
The housing boom that began in 1920 eventually depleted farmland around it and became sustainable with neighboring towns and neighborhoods. Originally, the house was built by two major builders - Nansen Building Corporation, and Baier & amp; Bauer. Charles Baier's first project in the area was Parkville Homes in 1927, a group of 30 homes on Juniper Valley Road and 77th Place. With developers Ridgewood August Bauer, they built 150 single-family row houses in 1928. In 1931, Bauer, in collaboration with builder Paul Stier, built several 7-room homes on 78th Street and Furmanville Avenue.
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Demographics and crime
Based on data from the 2010 US Census, Central Village population was 37,929, an increase of 300 (0.8%) from 37,629 counted in 2000. Covering an area of ​​1,329.29 hectares (537.94 ha), the environment has a population density of 28.5 soul per acre (18,200/sqÃ, mi).
Racial makeup from the environment is 74.0% (28,071) White, 0.9% (354) African American, 0.1% (31) Native American, 8.1% (3,059) Asian, 0.0% (7 ) Of the Pacific Islands, 0.2% (89) of the other races, and 0.8% (314) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino from any race is 15.8% (6,004) of the population.
The population in Middle Village is historically German German. Later, it became Irish American, Italian American, and Yugoslav-American, although the Middle Village has seen the influx of Poles, Eastern Europeans, Hispanic Americans, and Chinese Americans (mostly in South Elmhurst, after postal code changes in the early 2000s). Many older families have left Central Village but have not yet sold their homes but left it to their children; The result is a lot of second and third generation residents. The Central Village population is relatively consistent: 28.984 in 2000, compared to 28,981 in 1990.
This environment is historically relatively safe. During the 1970s and 1980s, when crime in New York City was at an all-time high, the Mafia allegedly prevented the occurrence of crime. Despite several thefts and massive thefts in recent years, there is not much crime of violence. In 2014, the 104 Police Station (including the Middle Village, plus neighboring Glendale, Ridgewood, and Maspeth) reported 3 murders (5 in 2001), 18 rapes (15 in 2001), 180 robberies (359 in 2001), 215 felonious attacks 262 in 2001), 292 robberies (790 in 2001), 575 grand larcenies (551 in 2001), and 227 grand larceny auto (892 in 2001).
Destination
Metro Mall is a shopping center on Metropolitan Avenue west of the neighborhood subway station. In 1920, the French Company C.B., which made the telephone booth for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (now AT & T), built a factory in what is now the location of Metro Mall. After the French Company C.B. was acquired by Turner-Armor Company, which in turn was acquired by the Western Electric Company, Western Electric continued to operate the plant and set up telephone booth for AT & amp; T. The factory closed around 1965, after which United Merchants and Manufacturers Inc. acquired land and built a three-storey mall on site between 1972-4.
The Frank T. Lang Building, on Metropolitan Avenue and 69th Street, was built in 1904. It's named after Frank Lang, the name of the building, which built tombs and monuments. The building, which sold tombs and monuments until 1946, was also used to have a gas station "Hrc Bohack", operated by the same people who also headed the Bohack grocery chain. This two-storey art deco building is famous for imposing gargoyles and smooth sculpted faces on its roof.
Niederstein, the famous local restaurant, is located at 69-16 Metropolitan Avenue until it was destroyed in 2005. The site, located near 69th Street today, was the prime real estate of the early 19th century. Isaac Ferguson, landlord of 12 acre (0.24Ã, ha) on the site, sold 1 //sup>/ 3 acre (0.13Ã, ha) from his soil to John Heuss, for reluctantly giving his land to Geissenhainers of Lutheran Cemetery because of Ferguson's concern that the channel is worth more than what the Geissenhainers will pay for it. Huess then sold the land to Henry Schumacher, a WÃÆ'¼rttemberg who was then 27 years old. In 1850, Schumacher built a 2-storey wooden roadside cottage, called Schumacher's Lager Beer Saloon and Hotel, in Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike. Ferguson sold the remaining /acs (0.10 ha) to Schumacher in 1864, when hotels in the area were booming in popularity. In 1888, Schumacher died and his wife, Catharina Sutter, sold his building and business to John Niederstein, a German cook. Niederstein built 32 rooms with two wings and operated the lodge as a hotel. Henrietta Gabriel, granddaughter of John Niederstein, bought a business from Grace, Niederstein's son-in-law, in 1920. In 1969, Gabriel sold the hotel to Reiner and Horst Herink, who operated the structure as a restaurant. Once protected by 130 thousand annual visitors, the restaurant became less popular in the 1990s. Due to the numerous modifications, the building is not eligible for landmark by the New York City Landmark Conservation Commission. The property was sold in the early 2000s and was destroyed in September 2005 to pave the way for the Arby restaurant.
Volunteer firefighter, Fearless Hook and Ladder Company No. 7, operates at 71-55 Metropolitan Avenue from 1891 to 1986.
The Arion Theater, a one-screen theater, 970 seats on Metropolitan Avenue and 74th Street, was built in 1921 and is the first theater in Queens that has cable for loudspeakers. It was shut down in the mid-1980s because of a plan that was never implemented to turn structures into triplex. Instead, the theater was transformed into a RiteAid drugstore - which closed in 2009 - and later became a Halloween Spirit superstore. By 2016, this site is the location of the Salvation Army.
The Artistic Building, on Metropolitan Avenue between the 79th and 80th Streets, is a 1930 structure that is famous for having friezes of biblical scenes on its facade. In 2005, it was a tailor shop.
There are also some very old houses in Middle Village. The Morrell House, built by British settler Thomas Morrell, was built in 1719 on the current Juniper Valley Road; The house was demolished in 1985. In 1995, two other historic homes were scheduled to be destroyed by the same developer who destroyed Morrell's House. However, in 2005, the Juniper Park Civil Association succeeded in petitioning for a restart of Maspeth and Middle Village to prevent aggressive redevelopment. The old farmhouse on Furmanville Avenue, built in the 1890s, still existed in 2007.
Funeral and crematorium
The Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, at 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, opened in Middle Village in 1852, because of the 1847 regulations that prohibit a new funeral in Manhattan. Public Fire Mass Memorial Slocum Steamboat, commemorating the sinking of the PS4 in 1904 [General Slocum that killed 1,021 people, is in the Lutheran Cemetery of All Faith. The cemetery is also the burial place of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, the parents of US President Donald Trump.
Near Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, in Mount Olivet Crescent, is the Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium, which has been operating since the late 19th century. Baseball player Lou Gehrig, screenwriter Ring Lardner, Sr., entrepreneur J.P. Morgan, and Richard Hauptmann - famous for the abduction of Lindbergh - were among those cremated there. The crematorium, the third oldest in the United States, was founded in 1884 and began to cremate people a year later. The columbarium was built in 1893 and expanded in 1898; the two-building complex was further enlarged in 1904 and 1910.
The Pullis Farm Cemetery, a small cemetery in Juniper Valley Park, is a mini graveyard built in 1846. A total of eight members of the Pullis family were buried in plots. The cemetery became overgrown with weeds and was restored in 1993-6 with new tombstones. This is one of the few agricultural cemeteries still located in New York City.
Many of the tombs of famous people are in Middle Village. St. John Cemetery, a cemetery located in the Middle Village, has many famous mafia, including John Gotti, Lucky Luciano, Joe Gallo, Carlo Gambino, Joseph Profaci, Joe Colombo, Vito Genovese, and Carmine Galante. Also buried here are fitness teachers Charles Atlas, politicians Geraldine Ferraro and Mario Cuomo, who killed New York City police officer Rafael Ramos, and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Religious institutions
The United Community Methodist Church (founded as Methodist Episcopal Church of Newtown), the first Methodist church in Middle Village, is located near the current crossroads of Juniper Valley and 80th Street. The church, originally built in 1769, was moved to Metropolitan Avenue near 75th Street in 1836, and was rebuilt in 1901 and 1926.
The Trinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1851 at the Lutheran-All Faiths Cemetery. The school was founded in the church in 1861, and the church was burned only two years later. Then, move to 69th Street. On the 69th Street site, the school was burned in 1895 and the church burned in 1906. Another church was built on the site of 69th Street, but the building was damaged by lightning damage in 1975 and burned down in 1977. The third structure of the church, built in 1979 , located on a plot of land bounded by Penelope Avenue, Dry Harbor Road, Juniper Boulevard South, and 81st Street today. The bells and cornerstones of the first two churches are the only remains of the original structure, and are located in front of the original church.
Roman Catholic Church Margaret, an attached church and school built in 1860, was used during the American Civil War as a temporary prison. Churches and schools were rebuilt - schools in 1899 and churches in 1907. In 1935, they moved to a four-story structure on Juniper Valley Road near 80th Street.
Our Lady of Hope is a hexagonal structure on Eliot Avenue with a bell tower and is located north of the New York Connecting Railroad. The church was built in 1965.
There used to be many synagogues in the Middle Village, due to the influx of Jewish residents in the early 20th century. The Hebrew Central Village Institute is a rabbinical seminary, built in 1919 in addition to a synagogue existing from 1909 to the 1970s; the building housed in the Hebrew Institute of Middle Village is now occupied by the Middle Village Adult Center. The Holy Archangels Michael & amp; The Romanian Orthodox Church Gabriel moved to the former synagogue in 1997, but the synagogue itself began in 1921. The only surviving synagogue in the area, the Forest Hills West Congregation, was founded in 1935.
Parks and recreation
Northern Middle Village is served by Juniper Valley Park, a large public park built in 1930 on the former Juniper Swamp. There are tennis courts, handball, basketball and bocce, as well as seven baseball fields and a quarter mile run around the soccer/soccer field.
The other park, Middle Village Playground, is located on 79th Street between 68th Road and 69th Avenue, in the southern Middle Village. New York City bought the property in 1938 and renovated the playground in 1994.
The Middle Rural Veterans Triangle, on the Gray Streets and 77, commemorates the local people who became veterans of World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. It was renovated in 1999.
School
Primary and junior high schools with K-8 values ​​include PS/IS 49, PS/IS 128, and PS 87.
Our Lady of Hope, St. Margaret, and Resurrection-Ascension are three Catholic K-8 schools in the area, and Christ King Junior High School is another parish school in the area.
Transportation
This neighborhood is served by Subway New York City at the Metropolitan Avenue station (train M ). In addition, five local bus lines serve Central Village: Q29, Q38, Q47, Q54, and Q67. The express bus routes QM24, QM25, and QM34 to Manhattan also serve the neighborhood.
Famous people
Notable current and former Middle Village residents include:
- Nicole Bass (1964-2017), professional female bodybuilder
- Carl Berner (1902-2013), supercentenarian
- William N. Conrad (1889-1968), politician assigned to the New York State Senate
- Donna DeCunzo-Taddeo, creator of EDiets.com, CEO of Voodoo Tiki, producer of Zoom Suit
- Hyman Golden (1923-2008), co-founder of Snapple Beverage Corporation Vincent Piazza (born 1976), film, television and stage actor best known for his role in the television series Boardwalk Empire, 2007 film Rocket Science, and as Tommy DeVito in the film adaptation of Jersey Boys
- Mike Repole, CEO/creator of Vitamin Water
See also
- List of Queens environments
Note
References
External links
- History of Middle Village, NY
- Photos of Central Village
- The Juniper Civil Association
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