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NORTHWESTERN QUEENS

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(from Eastern Parkway to Jackie Robinson Pkwy and to Central Pkwy)

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Astoria

boundaries: 36th Ave. to Twentieth Ave./Con Ed Power Plant/19th Ave.; Ditmars Blvd/BQE/Northern Blvd. to East River

 

(includes: Astoria Heights, Ditmars & Little Egypt)

 

Astoria was once named after its first landowner, William Hallett. John Jacob Astor had been asked to invest in the development of this neighborhood, but he requested that a name change. It was renamed Astoria after John Astor. He did invest in the development; the group wanted $2,000, he only gave $500 and the new name stayed. Astor never visited the neighborhood named after him. In 1853 Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg relocated his piano factory to this neighborhood. Steinway & Sons  still construct their pianos here.

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  • ASTORIA PARK, 19 St., between Astoria Park S. & Ditmars Blvd.

    • LONG ISLAND WAR MEMORIAL by Gaetano Cecere

 

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Long Island City (LIC)
Long Island City (LIC)

(includes Blissville, Dutch Kills, Queensbridge, Ravenswood)

 

Before joining the unification of New York City in 1898, Long Island City was a thriving city in Queens. Today, the skyline continues to change due to new buildings construction and the renovation of some of the older buildings.

PS1 MoMa Contemporary Art Center

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  • 5 POINTZ, The Institute of Higher Burning, 45-46 Davis St. Long Island City - ON NOVEMBER 18, 2013 - The owners of these buildings had the lower portion, where the art work had been exhibited, white washed.-- 5 Pointz no longer exists as it once was.

 

 

 

 

  • DEGNON TERMINAL, south of Sunnyside yards, possibly the first industrial park

 

  • DUTCH KILLS TRIBUTARY from Newton Creek

 

 

Woodside
Woodside

 

Woodside was a part of Newtown (now Elmhurst). In the 1860’s, a large Irish American community resided here.  Today, it has a diverse ethnic composition -- Asian Americans to Bangladeshi and Pakistani families.

 

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Louis Armstrong House Museum

Corona

 

Corona developed by the Crown Building Company; thereby the name derives from their emblem. The Italians who first moved into the area called it “Corona”. In the 1940’s and 1960’s, Corona and East Elmhurst were the Jazz Mecca district.  Many African American musicians called this area their home. The Luis Armstrong House Museum is here and many Jazz dignitaries interred in Corona. 

 

Corona

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Middle Village
 

 

Middle Village name originated from the fact that it was the midpoint between several towns--Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Jamaica. Today there are four historic districts. The area continues to be Italian and Irish American.

 

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