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On the morning of July 2, 1956, three explosions involving scrap thorium occurred at the Sylvania Electric Products' Metallurgical Laboratory in Bayside, (now Bay Terrace) Queens, New York. Nine people were injured, [1] [2] some severely. One 28 year old employee, Oliver Blaber died on August 6, 1956. [3] Workers described three fireballs. [4]
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For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Bay Terrace as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called Fort Totten–Bay Terrace–Clearview. [9] Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Fort Totten–Bay Terrace–Clearview was 21,751, a change of -980 (-4.5%) from the 22,731 counted in 2000 .
Bayside Yacht Club on Little Neck Bay, 1917. Bayside's history dates back to 2000 B.C. when the Matinecock Native American tribe first settled there. [9] Around 1637, the Dutch West India Company encouraged Dutch farmers to settle on land grants in New Amsterdam, which was the name of New York then. [9]
[1] In 1998, as food critic for The New York Times, Ruth Reichl gave the restaurant a mixed, one star review. [3] She criticized the restaurant's Beef Wellington. [3] In 2005, also as the restaurant critic for the New York Times, Frank Bruni gave the restaurant a negative review, criticizing the food, and concluding it was too reliant on its ...
[3]: 2–3 (PDF p. 2–4) The New York City Subway's Mets–Willets Point station, serving the 7 and <7> trains, is located at the southwest corner of the area, at Roosevelt Avenue and 126th Street. [ 4 ] : 124–126 (PDF p. 127–131) The neighborhood is part of Queens Community District 7 .
At the time of the restaurant's opening, The New York Times reported that lunch typically cost $6, while dinner cost $10 to $12, excluding alcoholic beverages. [8] The opening of the Four Seasons prompted other New York restaurant owners to boycott Seagram liquor, as the company had helped finance a competitor within its own building. [16]
District 26 is located in Queens, comprising the neighborhoods of Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Beechhurst, and parts of Whitestone, Glen Oaks, and Auburndale.. The district overlaps (partially) with New York's 3rd and 6th congressional districts, the 11th and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and the 19th and 23rd districts of the New York City Council.