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Obituary for Samuel Bowne Parsons Sr., Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 4, 1906 Parsons Boulevard takes its name from Samuel Bowne Parsons Sr. (1819–1906). His father was Samuel Parsons (1774–1841) who moved to Flushing from Manhattan around 1800 and married Mary Bowne, a descendant of prominent local settler John Bowne.
Bayswater is a small neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the eastern end of the Rockaway Peninsula.The community is located to the northwest of Far Rockaway, along the southeastern shore of Jamaica Bay.
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.It has a popular large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis, St Albans, and Cambria Heights to the east; South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Springfield Gardens to the south; Laurelton and Rosedale to the southeast ...
Richmond Hill is a commercial and residential neighborhood located in the southeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens.The area borders Kew Gardens and Forest Park to the north, Jamaica and South Jamaica to the east, South Ozone Park to the south, and Woodhaven and Ozone Park to the west.
City of New York: Maintained by: NYCDOT: Length: 7.9 mi (12.7 km) [1] Location: Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, New York, United States: Nearest metro station: Fulton Street Line West end: Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville: Major junctions: I-678 in Jamaica: East end: Farmers Boulevard in St. Albans
Bayswater Point State Park is a 17-acre (0.069 km 2) state park located on Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York.The park is located at the western end of Mott Avenue in Bayswater near Far Rockaway and is built on land that once housed the mansion and estate of banker Louis A. Heinsheimer.
The 36th Street station is an express station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 36th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It is served by the D, N, and R trains at all times. [4] During rush hours, a limited amount of W trains also serve this station.
In 1898, the area was incorporated into the City of Greater New York and became part of Queens. The neighborhoods of Far Rockaway, Hammels, and Arverne in Queens tried to secede from the city several times. In 1915 and 1917, a bill approving secession passed in the legislature but was vetoed by the New York City mayor John Purroy Mitchel. [7]