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Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens.Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, and Woodside and East Elmhurst to the east.
Unlike neighborhoods in the other four boroughs, some Queens neighborhood names are used as the town name in postal addresses. For example, whereas the town, state construction for all addresses in Manhattan is New York, New York (except in Marble Hill, where Bronx, New York is used), and all neighborhoods in Brooklyn use Brooklyn, New York, residents of College Point would use the ...
Steinway Street is a 2.4 mile two-way street that runs north-south between Berrian Boulevard in Astoria and Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. South of the Grand Central Parkway, Steinway Street is a major commercial district that is the primary section of a business improvement district called Steinway Astoria Partnership. [2]
The Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station is the last stop on the New York City Subway's BMT Astoria Line, served by the N and W trains. The approach to the Hell Gate Bridge is on a masonry viaduct over that station. [4] MTA Bus's Q69 route runs on the western half of Ditmars Boulevard east of 21st Street. Service to Long Island City originates ...
Following Pike's death in 1864, his widow sold the mansion to William Steinway of Steinway & Sons in 1870. [3]In response to the tenuous labor situation in Manhattan and the violent New York City draft riots that had previously threatened his factory, Steinway expanded his Queens property to a massive 440 acres, [4] upon which he would build the Steinway Piano Factory and what would become ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Queens, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [1]
Silo Brunch Bar is open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. seven days a week. Its hours will expand when it receives its liquor license. It is at 300 Paddy Creek Circle in Greece and has a large parking lot.
The New York City borough of Queens contains 82 landmarks designated by the LPC, [a] 4 interior landmarks, and 13 historic districts. The following is a complete list as of 2022 [update] . Some of these are also National Historic Landmark (NHL) sites, and NHL status is noted where known.