The Neighborhoods of Queens Book

Contents
Foreword Helen Marshall....................xi
Preface Osborn Elliott, Henry Cornell, and Peter H. Kostmayer....................xiii
Introduction Kenneth T. Jackson....................xxi
Map of Queens....................xxix
Astoria (with Hallets Cove, Ditmars, and Steinway)....................1
Bayside and Bay Terrace (with Oakland Gardens)....................8
Bellerose (with Bellerose Manor)....................14
Briarwood....................18
Cambria Heights....................20
College Point....................24
Corona....................29
Photo spread: The Corridor (Flushing Meadows-Corona, Kissena, Cunningham, and Alley Pond Parks)....................34
Douglaston (with Douglaston Hill, Douglas Manor, and Douglaston Park)....................38
East Elmhurst....................43
Elmhurst....................47
Floral Park and New Hyde Park....................52
Flushing (with Downtown Flushing, Murray Hill, Broadway-Flushing, Linden Hill, Auburndale, Kissena Park, Queensboro Hill, Pomonok, Flushing Heights, and Hillcrest)....................55
Photo spread: Shea Stadium....................66
Forest Hills (with Forest Hills Gardens)....................68
Fresh Meadows (with West Cunningham Park and Utopia)....................73
Glendale....................76
Glen Oaks....................79
Hollis....................81
Hollis Hills....................85
Holliswood....................88
Howard Beach (with Hamilton Beach and Lindenwood)....................90
Jackson Heights....................94
Jamaica (with South Jamaica, Baisley Park, Rochdale Village, and LocustManor)....................100
Jamaica Estates....................108
Jamaica Hills....................112
Kew Gardens....................115
Kew Gardens Hills....................118
Laurelton....................121
Little Neck....................125
Long Island City (with Hunters Point, Queens West, Queensbridge, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, and Blissville)....................129
Photo spread: The Bridges....................135
Maspeth....................138
Middle Village....................142
Ozone Park....................146
Queens Village (with Bellaire)....................150
Rego Park....................154
Richmond Hill (with South Richmond Hill)....................158
Ridgewood....................162
The Rockaways: Far Rockaway (with Wavecrest), Bayswater, Edgemere, Arverne, Rockaway Beach, Rockaway Park (with Seaside), Belle Harbor, Neponsit, Breezy Point (with Roxbury), and Broad Channel....................166
Rosedale....................178
South Ozone Park....................182
Photo spread: The Airports....................187
Springfield Gardens (with Brookville)....................189
St. Albans (with Addisleigh Park)....................193
Sunnyside (with Sunnyside Gardens)....................196
Whitestone (with Beechhurst and Malba)....................199
Woodhaven....................203
Woodside....................207
Queens Timeline James Driscoll....................211
Characteristics from the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau Timothy Calabrese....................229
Bibliography....................253
Index....................259