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Some Queens residents will be getting their first-ever public pool — which locals consider a much-needed refuge from the summer heat — as part of a $46.1 million state investment to expand ...
Edgemere is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, extending from Beach 32nd to Beach 52nd Street on the Rockaway Peninsula. It contains Rockaway Community Park. [4] Arverne is to the west, and Far Rockaway to the east. Edgemere was founded in 1892 by Frederick J. Lancaster, who originally called it New Venice. [5] [3]
Arverne extends from Beach 54th Street to Beach 79th Street, along its main thoroughfare Beach Channel Drive, alternatively known as Rev. Joseph H. May Drive. Arverne is located in Queens Community District 14 and its ZIP Code is 11692. [1] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 100th Precinct.
Arverne station was rebuilt on a new site with a simpler structure in May 1912. [3] The station was rebuilt as an elevated station named Gaston Avenue , which opened on April 10, 1942. [ 4 ] The station was purchased by New York City on October 3, 1955, along with the rest of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch west of Far ...
Proud Exhibition — 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, through 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. Jacoby Arts Center, 627 E. Broadway, Alton. Join Jacoby Arts Center as they support ...
The neighborhood, like all of New York City, is served by the New York City Department of Education. Rockaway Beach residents are zoned to either P.S. 183, an elementary school, [26] or P.S. 225, a middle school. [27] Additionally, the community contains two private Catholic elementary schools: St. Camillus [28] and St. Rose of Lima. [29]
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]
East River Queens West waterfront in 2006. Queens West is a district and redevelopment project along the East River in Long Island City, Queens, New York City.The project, located on Hunter's Point south of the Anable Basin, is a joint project sponsored by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) [1] and the Empire State Development Corporation (ESD).