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The neighborhood takes its name from Ditmars Boulevard which was named in honor of Abram Ditmars, the first mayor of Long Island City, New York, elected in 1870 (the city became a mere neighborhood when Queens became a part of Greater New York). His ancestors were German immigrants who settled in the Dutch Kills area in the 1600s. [41]
Sunswick Creek is a buried stream located in Astoria and Long Island City, in the northwestern portion of Queens in New York City. It originated to the north of Queensboro Bridge and Queens Plaza in Long Island City, flowing north to the present-day site of the Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria, and emptying into the East River .
The Greater Astoria Historical Society (GAHS) is a non-profit cultural and historical organization located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States, dedicated to preserving the past and promoting the future of the neighborhoods that are part of historic Long Island City, including the Village of Astoria, Blissville, Bowery Bay, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Ravenswood ...
New York's 14th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, represented by Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The district includes the eastern part of The Bronx and part of north-central Queens .
The revised (1963) New York City Charter creates community boards within each borough. [16] May 15: Weight Watchers founded. 1964 April 17: Shea Stadium opens, bringing Major League Baseball and the National Football League to Queens with the New York Mets and the New York Jets. April 22: 1964 New York World's Fair opens. [7]
The shape of New York City's transportation system changed as the city did, and the result is an expansive modern-day system of industrial-era infrastructure. New York City, being the most populous city in the United States, has a transportation system which includes one of the largest subway systems in the world ; the world's first ...
The earliest surviving map of the area now known as New York City is the Manatus Map, depicting what is now Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey in the early days of New Amsterdam. [7] The Dutch colony was mapped by cartographers working for the Dutch Republic. New Netherland had a position of surveyor general.
Town or city: New York, New York : Country: U.S. Opened: 1893 (Waldorf) 1897 (Astoria) Demolished: 1929 (the Empire State Building replaced the buildings on the same site, while the Waldorf Astoria New York was rebuilt at another location) Cost: $4.5 million ($126 million in 2017) Technical details; Size: 226 feet (69 m) (Waldorf), 269 feet (82 ...