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Encyclopedia > Bay Terrace, Queens

Bay Terrace is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens, and is often considered part of Bayside. The Bay Terrace housing development in the 1950's and the creation of the Bay Terrace Shopping Center lent the are its own identity. Bay Terrace overlooks the East River and the approaches to the Throgs Neck Bridge from the Clearview Expressway and Cross Island Parkway. Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Five Boroughs of New York City: 1: Manhattan 2: Brooklyn 3: Queens 4: Bronx 5: Staten Island In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city; it differs significantly from other borough forms of... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow Queens is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Bayside is the name of a neighborhood in Queens County of New York City, New York in the United States of America. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Aerial view of the Throgs Neck Bridge The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge opened on January 11, 1961 that carries Interstate 295 and connects the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx with the Bayside section of Queens. ... Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) is a connector route within New York City. ... Cross Island Parkway is part of the Belt Parkway system that runs around the perimeter of Queens County in New York City. ...


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Neighborhoods in the New York City Borough of Queens

Arverne · Astoria · Astoria Heights · Auburndale · Bay Terrace · Bayside · Bayswater · Beechhurst · Belle Harbor · Bellerose · Breezy Point · Briarwood · Broad Channel · Cambria Heights · College Point · Corona · Douglaston · East Elmhurst · Edgemere · Elmhurst · Far Rockaway · Floral Park · Flushing · Forest Hills · Forest Hills Gardens · Fresh Meadows · Glendale · Hamilton Beach · Hammels · Hillcrest · Hollis · Hollis Hills · Howard Beach · Howard Park · Hunters Point · Jackson Heights · Jamaica · Jamaica Estates · Kew Gardens · Kew Gardens Hills · Laurelton · LeFrak City · Lindenwood · Little Neck · Locust Manor · Long Island City · Malba · Maspeth · Middle Village · Murray Hill · Neponsit · Old Howard Beach · Ozone Park · Pomonok · Queensbridge · Queens Village · Ramblersville · Rego Park · Richmond Hill · Ridgewood · Rochdale · Rockaway · Rockaway Beach · Rockaway Park · Rockwood Park · Rosedale · St. Albans · South Jamaica · South Ozone Park · Springfield Gardens · Sunnyside · Sunnyside Gardens · Utopia · Whitestone · Willets Point · Woodhaven · Woodside This is a list of neighborhoods in Queens, one of five boroughs of New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Five Boroughs of New York City: 1: Manhattan 2: Brooklyn 3: Queens 4: Bronx 5: Staten Island In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city; it differs significantly from other borough forms of... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow Queens is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1412x1620, 1489 KB) The w:Unisphere, attributed to uribe/Uri Baruchin on w:Flickr (image reference) (image source) composed as a tile stitch-up; original image cropped File links The following pages link to this file: Queens Unisphere ... Arverne is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula. ... The historic (and once-abandoned) Eagle Electric company warehouse in Astoria, now becoming a condominium development. ... Astoria Heights is a district in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Auburndale is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens. ... Bayside is the name of a neighborhood in Queens County of New York City, New York in the United States of America. ... Bayswater is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula. ... Belle Harbor is a neighborhood in southern Queens (in New York City) located along Rockaway Beach. ... Bellerose is a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Queens (borough of New York City (USA) along the border with Nassau County. ... Breezy Point is a neighborhood in Queens, New York, located on the westward end of the Rockaway peninsula. ... Briarwood is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Broad Channel is a community / neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Cambria Heights is a middle class neighborhood in Southeastern Queens. ... College Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Corona, Queens, (zip code 11368) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens surrounded by Flushing, Jackson Heights, and Elmhurst. ... Douglaston, a community of the borough of Queens in New York City with a population of about 6000 (1990 Census) is on the north shore of Long Island, bordered on the east by Little Neck, on the south by West Alley Road, and on the west by Douglaston Parkway. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with East Elmhurst. ... Edgemere is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula. ... Elmhurst is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Far Rockaway street scene Far Rockaway is one of the four neighborhoods on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States. ... Floral Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... A few landmarks from two New York Worlds Fairs still stand in Flushing Meadows, including the US Steel Unisphere Flushing is a neighborhood within the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Forest Hills Gardens is a housing development in the neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens (in New York City). ... Fresh Meadows is in close proximity to Flushing, Queens. ... Glendale is a neighborhood near the geographic center of the borough of Queens in New York City. ... One of the oldest sections of Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach is a neighborhood in Queens, New York City bordered by the 102 Street Creek on the North, The A-Train JFK Airport on the East, Hawtree Creek on the west and Jamaica Bay on the South. ... Hammels is a section of Rockaway Beach on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Hillcrest is a small residential neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City. ... Hollis is a community within the Southeastern section of the Queens borough of New York City. ... Hollis Hills is an neighborhood in the north-east section of the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Howard Beach is a neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Howard Park is neighborhood in Howard Beach, in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Hunters Point is a neighborhood in Long Island City, New York. ... English Home in Historical Jackson Heights Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in north-western Queens, New York City, USA Jackson Heights is an urbane melting pot with many ethnic populations. ... Jamaica Estates is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in central Queens bounded to the north by the Jackie Robinson Parkway (formerly The Interborough Parkway) and Queens Boulevard, to the east by Kew Gardens Road, to the south by Myrtle Avenue, and to the west by Forest Park. ... Kew Gardens Hills is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Laurelton is an African American neighborhood in Queens, New York, USA. A stop on the Long Island railroad -- all of Queens, New York, is actually located on Long Island -- Laurelton was named for the laurels that grew there over 100 years ago. ... LeFrak City is a large housing development in the Corona neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens, built in the mid-1960s for working and middle-class families and located on the north side of the Long Island Expressway. ... The section of Howard Beach, Queens, New York that is primarily made up of six-story, red-brick apartment buildings and smaller garden-apartments (4-unit red-brick buildings) and two family homes. ... Little Neck is a community in Queens, New York. ... Locust Manor is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, USA. It is an African American and Afro-Caribean neighborhood. ... Industrial Long Island City, Manhattan Skyline behind. ... An upscale suburb in Queens, NY. Malba is situated on the East River and bounded by the Whitestone Expressway, 15th Avenue and 138th Street. ... Maspeth is a small community in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Middle Village is a neighborhood in central Queens, a borough of New York City. ... Murray Hill is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Neponsit is a neighborhood in Queens, New York. ... Old Howard Beach is a section of Howard Beach, in the New York City borough of Queens, that lies between Shellbank Basin and Hawtree Creek. ... Ozone Park is a New York City neighborhood located in the southwestern part of the borough of Queens bordering Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Howard Beach, and the borough of Brooklyn. ... This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the United States. ... Queens Village, Queens is a middle-income neighborhood that is becoming more racially mixed as immigrants from the West Indies settle here. ... Ramblersville is a section of Howard Beach, Queens, New York bordered by 160th Avenue on the North, Hawtree Creek on the West, The A-Train on the East and the 102nd street Creek on the South. ... Rego Park is a neighborhood in central Queens, New York City, New York. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District runs from Wyckoff Avenue to Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood. ... Rochdale (also called Rochdale Village) is a residential co-op consisting of five circles of four buildings (creating a sum of 20 buildings) located in South Jamaica, in the New York City borough of Queens. ... A Rockaway Peninsula street scene. ... Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood in the Rockaways in Queens County, New York in the USA. It is on the south shore of Long Island and is inside New York City. ... Rockaway Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Rockwood Park is a neighborhood in Howard Beach, Queens, New York on the west side of Cross Bay Boulevard. ... Rosedale is a neighborhood in southeastern Queens in New York City. ... St. ... South Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located south of downtown Jamaica, the Long Island Rail Road tracks and Liberty Avenue. ... South Ozone Park is a neighborhood located in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. ... Sunnyside Gardens, in the Sunnyside neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens, was one of the first developments to incorporate the superblock model in the United States. ... Utopia, a neighborhood located in the New York City borough of Queens is bordered by Utopia Parkway to the west, 188th Street to the east, Union Turnpike to the south, and 73rd Avenue to the north. ... Whitestone is a neighborhood in north-central Queens (in New York city) located between the East River to north and Bayside Avenue to the south. ... Willets Point [a misnomer], also known locally as the Iron Triangle is a neighborhood of Flushing, in Queens, New York City. ... Woodhaven is part of the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Woodside is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ...


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Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City.
Queens County is in the western part of Long Island and includes a few smaller islands, most of which are in Jamaica Bay and form part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
The part of Queens County that was not annexed to New York City, consisting of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay and all of the Town of Hempstead except the Rockaway Peninsula, was constituted as the new Nassau County in 1899.
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Bay Terrace is the name of a street, which in turn gave its name to a neighborhood, on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York.
In the 1970s many Jewish families from Brooklyn and Queens settled in Bay Terrace, providing a significant demographic contrast with the surrounding communities, whose populations are largely Italian-American.
Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island.
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