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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the borough of Queens in New York City.Jackson Heights is neighbored by North Corona to the east, Elmhurst to the south, Woodside to the west, and today northern Astoria (Ditmars-Steinway) to the northwest, and East Elmhurst to the north and northeast.
The Boulevard Gardens Apartments is a 960-unit apartment complex at 54th Street and 31st Avenue in Woodside, Queens, New York City. It opened in June 1935, during the Great Depression . [ 1 ] They were designed by architect Theodore H. Englehardt [ 2 ] for the Cord Meyer Development Corporation; the design was based on an apartment complex ...
Queensbridge Houses, also known simply as Queensbridge or QB, is a public housing development in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City.Owned by the New York City Housing Authority, the development contains 96 buildings and 3,142 units accommodating approximately 7,000 people in two separate complexes (North and South). [1]
Jamaica Estates is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Jamaica Estates is part of Queens Community District 8 [1] and located in the northern portion of Jamaica. It is bounded by Union Turnpike to the north, Hillside Avenue to the south, Utopia Parkway and Homelawn Street to the west, and 188th Street to the east. The main ...
Trump has several apartments at Trump Park ... the property was listed for sale for $15.5 million. [24 ... 85-15 Wareham Place in Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York ...