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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.
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 ...
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
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.
South Jamaica (also commonly known as "Southside") is a residential neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, located south of downtown Jamaica.Although a proper border has not been established, the neighborhood is a subsection of greater Jamaica bounded by the Long Island Rail Road Main Line tracks, Jamaica Avenue, or Liberty Avenue to the north; the Van Wyck Expressway on the ...
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.
Hugh Carey (1919–2011), 51st Governor of New York, was a resident during the time he served in Congress. [25] Harry J. Donnelly (1922–1989), politician who served two terms in the New York State Assembly. [26] Charles Hynes (1935–2019), district attorney of Kings County, New York from 1990 until 2013. [27]
Le Petit Sénégal, or Little Senegal, is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It has been called Le Petit Sénégal by the West African immigrant community and Little Senegal by some people from outside the neighborhood. Le Petit Sénégal is a smaller section of the much larger, and older, neighborhood of Harlem. The ...