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Deer Park is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was listed as 28,837 at the time of the 2020 census.
The New York City borough of Queens contains 82 landmarks designated by the LPC, [a] 4 interior landmarks, and 13 historic districts. The following is a complete list as of 2022 [update] . Some of these are also National Historic Landmark (NHL) sites, and NHL status is noted where known.
Queensbridge Park, named for the nearby Queensboro Bridge, is a 20.34-acre (8.23 ha) city park along the East River in Long Island City, Queens, New York City.The park is a primary place of recreation for residents of Queensbridge Houses and has a riverfront promenade, baseball diamonds, running paths, lawns and areas for picnicking.
Queens Village was founded as Little Plains in the 1640s. Homage to this part of Queens Village history is found on the sign above the Long Island Railroad Station there. In 1824, Thomas Brush established a blacksmith shop in the area. He prospered and built several other shops and a factory, and the area soon became known as Brushville.
East River-Hunters Point. Hunter's Point South is a mixed-use development situated on approximately 30 acres of prime waterfront property in 30 acres (120,000 m 2) in Long Island City, the westernmost neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens.
The Rockaway Peninsula, commonly referred to as The Rockaways or Rockaway, is a peninsula at the southern edge of the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, New York. Relatively isolated from Manhattan and other more urban parts of the city, Rockaway became a popular summer retreat in the 1830s. It has since become a mixture of lower ...
Within the main park that houses the Homestead is the 2-acre (8,100 m 2) Weeping Beech Park, [10] once dominated by a 60-foot (18 m) weeping beech tree. The beech tree, designated as a city landmark in 1966, [ 11 ] was one of only two living landmarks in New York City. [ 12 ]
Gantry Plaza State Park is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) state park [1] on the East River in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, in the New York City borough of Queens. The park is located in a former dockyard and manufacturing district, and includes remnants of facilities from the area's past. The most prominent feature of the park is a ...