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	List of Queens neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of neighborhoods in Queens, one of five boroughs of New York City.
		Note: From the time the ZIP code was introduced in the 1960's to 1998, the postal zones of Queens were organized into 4 "cities" according to the database of the United States Postal Service.
		As the urging of the citizens of Queens and with the support of Congressman Gary Ackerman they were eliminated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Queens_neighborhoods (164 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Queens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Neighborhoods in the eastern part of the borough are similar to towns in western Nassau County, having a more suburban look, while neighborhoods in the western and central sections loosely resemble The Bronx (particularly the eastern Bronx) and more closely, Brooklyn (particularly northeastern Brooklyn, which borders Queens), having more urban characteristics.
		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.
		Queens is connected to Manhattan by two bridges and one tunnel: the Triborough Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, and the Queens Midtown Tunnel.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Queens (2557 words)

	Queens
		Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City.
		Queens is a borough of Democrat Helen Marshall.
		Queens is considered a volatile swing county in New York politics.
	www.med-help.info /?p=Queens (863 words)

	New York City - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Through the boroughs, there are hundreds of neighborhoods in the city, many with a definable history and character all their own.
		Flushing, Queens is home to the legacy of the 1964 New York World's Fair (including the Unisphere), the US Open in tennis and Shea Stadium.
		The borough of Queens has also been developing its own skyline in recent years with a Citigroup office building (which is currently the tallest building in NYC outside Manhattan), and the City Lights development of several residential towers along the East River waterfront.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/New_York_City (7395 words)

	List of Staten Island neighborhoods: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Arrochar (Arrochar: arrochar is a neighborhood in northeastern staten island in new york city in the...
		Richmondtown (Richmondtown: richmondtown, is a neighborhood on staten island in the city and state of new york, in...
		Tompkinsville (Tompkinsville: tompkinsville is a neighborhood in northeastern staten island in new york city in the...
	absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_staten_island_neighborhoods (1095 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> New York City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Throughout the boroughs there are hundreds of distinct neighborhoods in the city, many with a definable history and character all their own.
		Flushing Meadows Park in Queens is the city's third largest park and hosted the World's Fair in 1939 and 1964.
		The Queens Borough Public Library serves the city's most diverse borough with a full range of services and programs for adults and children.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/New+York+City (8390 words)

	Queens Projects, Studies & Proposals - New York City Department of City Planning
		As a follow-up to the Middle Village/Glendale rezoning adopted on March 22, 2006, the Department of City Planning proposes to rezone all or portions of 21 additional blocks in Middle Village, Queens Community District 5, from R5 districts to lower-density and contextual R4, R4-1 and R5B zoning districts.
		The primary purpose of the proposed zoning map amendments is to preserve and reinforce the established neighborhood fabric and prevent out-of-character development.
		The Department of City Planning proposes zoning map and text amendments affecting approximately 70 blocks in the central Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica Hill and Hillcrest, including several block fronts on the eastern edge of Briarwood, in Community District 8.
	www.nyc.gov /html/dcp/html/subcats/queens.shtml (389 words)

	New York City, New York - City Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Located in the state of New York, New York City has a population of over 8 million people contained within 309 square miles (800 km2), and is the heart of the New York Metropolitan Area, which is one of the largest urban conglomerations in the world with a population of over 22 million.
		If it were a nation, the city would have the 24th highest gross domestic product in the world, exceeding that of Poland ($463 billion), and the second highest per capita GDP in the world, at about $59,000/head, about $7,000/head lower than Luxembourg.
		New York is a city of "great museums" with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historic art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum's 20th century collection, and the American Museum of Natural History and its Hayden Planetarium focusing on the sciences.
	www.yp.com /cities/new-york-city.php (6418 words)

	Guide 2004
		The Queens Farm Museum sponsors an annual “Pow-Wow,” turning the spotlight on descendents of Indian tribes that tamed the Queens landscape.
		On her journey she took a Queens flag, messages from the Queens Hall of Science, and a CD-ROM disc containing an issue of the Queens Tribune.
		Queens saw the election of Republican Michael Bloomberg to the office of Mayor, and the borough lost Assemblywoman Pauline Cummings, who passed away in January.
	www.queenstribune.com /guide2004/timeline.htm (6158 words)

	New York City
		The Borough of Queens was established in western Queens County, and covered several small cities and towns, including Long Island City, Astoria and Flushing.
		Staten Island is the safest borough in the city, Queens and Manhattan are in the middle range, while Brooklyn and The Bronx have the highest crime rates.
		For example, on July 29, 1976 the "Son of Sam", pulling a gun from a paper bag, killed one person and seriously wounded another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorized the city for the next year.
	en.mcfly.org /New_York_City (6313 words)

	Queens Hearing - June 1, 2001 - Transcripts
		This explosive population growth in the 16th Senate District is replicated throughout Queens County, and it must be matched with an increase in Queens County's representation in the Assembly and in the State Senate, as well as in Congress.
		Because Queens has strong neighborhood identification and unique needs, every effort should be made to ensure that representation of those areas is based on compact and contiguous lines.
		I believe that it is helpful to residents of Western Queens to have a member of a congressional district who is so familiar with the issues that affect our hospital and the people who seek their treatment.
	latfor.state.ny.us /docs/20010601/queens.html (19643 words)

	New York City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		List of Manhattan neighborhoods The Bronx (Bronx County, pop.
		List of Brooklyn neighborhoods Queens (Queens County, pop.
		List of Queens neighborhoods Staten Island (Richmond County, pop.
	new-york-city.area51.ipupdater.com (7834 words)

	Community Greens: Jackson Heights
		For nearly a century, the historic community of Jackson Heights in Queens has maintained its acres of shared interior courtyards: green spaces that range from open lawns to planted gardens to shaded canopies of ivy-clad trees.
		As a result, the neighborhood remains elegant and verdant with graceful apartment buildings presiding over acres of ornamental hedges, grand shade trees, and kaleidoscopes of flowerbeds.
		The splendor of Jackson Heights is its characterization as an urban neighborhood with lush interior gardens, whose residents' commitment to their community and defense of their green space attests to the importance they place on these unique amenities.
	communitygreens.org /ExistingGreens/jacksonheights/jacksonheights.htm (1835 words)

	Top20NewYorkCity.com - Your Top20 Guide to New York city! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Located in the state of New York, New York City has a population of 8,168,388 people contained within 309 square miles (800 km²), and is the heart of the New York Metropolitan Area, which is one of the largest urban conglomerations in the world with a population of over 22 million.
		Neighborhoods that were once considered dangerous are now thriving with new businesses and housing, and many residents feel safe to walk the streets late at night.
		If it were a nation, the city would have the 16th highest gross domestic product in the world, exceeding that of Belgium ($387 billion), and the second highest per capita GDP in the world, at about $59,000/head, about $7,000/head lower than Luxembourg.
	top20newyorkcity.com (5371 words)

	Queens Neighborhoods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Residents of Queens live in New York City, but perhaps their strongest identity is with their neighborhoods.
		Ask a Queens resident where he or she lives, and you're more likely to hear Woodside, Flushing, or Howard Beach than you are to hear Queens or New York City.
		There is no postal address of "Queens"; instead, mail goes to Kew Gardens, Jamaica, Long Island City and the other town names from the time when Queens was a rural area outside the city.
	www.queenschamber.org /QueensInfo/NeighborhoodPages/neighborhoods.html (134 words)

	Queens
		The truth is that Queens has a lot to offer and for many, including myself, it is a far more attractive option than Brooklyn for those who want to live in the city but cannot afford Manhattan.
		Queens is also incredibly ethnically diverse, with large populations of Western and Eastern European, East and South Asian, Middle Eastern, Black and Hispanic Caribbean, Latin American and Mid-Western American immigrants.
		The neighborhood is centered around the Roosevelt Avenue express stop, which is only three stops outside of the city.
	rci.rutgers.edu /~routledg/queens.htm (1429 words)

	New_York_City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It is at the heart of the New York Metropolitan Area, which is one of the largest urban conglomerations in the world with a population of over 22 million.
		Rather, New York City is made up of five individual counties, each coterminous with a borough: Manhattan is New York County, Queens is Queens County, Brooklyn is Kings County, The Bronx is Bronx County and Staten Island is Richmond County.
		Violent crime in the city has dropped by 75% in the last twelve years and the murder rate in 2004 was at its lowest level in over forty years: there were 572 murders that year, for a murder rate of 7 per 100,000 people, compared to 2,245 murders in 1990.
	q-basic.xodox.de /New_York_City (8326 words)

	FORWARD : Forward 50 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Leading the list are a brace of politicians, thinkers and activists who have helped frame America's response to the threats, driving the administration's war policy or leading opposition to it, rallying support for beleaguered Israel and building new and unfamiliar alliances.
		Because of the sharpness of the debates there are fewer consensus leaders on the list this year than in years past, and more ideologues of right and left.
		Built in the heart of one of the nation's densest and most active Jewish neighborhoods, the JCC belies claims that Jews are no longer willing to pay to work out, speak out and chill out with other Jews, especially in a city where they can easily do all three with no Jewish strings attached.
	www.forward.com /issues/2002/02.11.15/forward50.html (8784 words)

	The Queens 50 - A Pre-Gentrification To-Do List
		In the hipster imagination, Queens is a historic dead zone: a quasi-suburbia to be escaped, the quintessence of uncool.
		So hurry: Before Queens is sacked and made safe for Starbucks and sushi, there’s still time to experience some diverse, honest-to-goodness, old-style urban culture.
		The King Manor Museum (Jamaica Avenue at 153rd Street, Jamaica; 718-206-0545) is Queens’ own country house in the city, a big, yellow eighteenth-century gambrel-roof mansion that sits serenely and improbably on eleven grassy acres in a notoriously parks-deprived commercial sector.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/realestate/neighborhoods/features/12195 (857 words)

	New York City - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Many of these minority populations have defined certain neighborhoods; examples in Manhattan are Chinatown, Harlem, Koreatown, Little Italy, Little Manila, and Spanish Harlem.
		African-American jazz greats likes Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne found refuge in mixed communities in Queens in the segregated America of the 1940s.
		Three conservatories of music, all located on the Upper West Side are also residents of New York City - the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Mannes College of Music.
	www.psychcentral.com /psypsych/New_York,_New_York (7264 words)

	City of Neighborhoods - New York City Department of City Planning
		Geographically, New York is a city with 5 boroughs, 59 community districts and hundreds of neighborhoods.
		In 2003, the Department of City Planning issued a revised wall map displaying the neighborhood names and community district boundaries along with informative statistics on the geographic, demographic and economic profile of New York City.
		To view a section of the map that includes a particular neighborhood, choose from this list:
	www.nyc.gov /html/dcp/html/neighbor/neigh.shtml (87 words)

	City of New York - Gurupedia
		The Borough of Queens was established in western Queens County, and covered several small cities and towns, including Long Island City,
		Many big-city neighborhoods have a definable history and character of their own.
		Museum of Modern Art – MoMA, currently displaying work in Queens (at a temporary location called MoMA QNS in Queens, the location on 53rd street in Manhattan is under construction)
	www.gurupedia.com /n/ne/new_york_city.htm (4980 words)

	..:: Queens Courier Online ::..
		After weeks of negotiations, the New York Mets and the City Council delegation from Queens made a deal to give back to the local communities that cleared the way for the City Council to approving financing plans for both the Mets’ and Yankees’ new stadiums.
		On a recent trip to Astoria, an extraordinary Queens neighborhood famous for distinctly original restaurants serving everything from Greek and Italian specialties to Egyptian and Middle Eastern foods, I was lucky enough to come across Bon Vieux Temps, a French restaurant located at 45-07 Ditmars Boulevard.
		As part of its Garden Day Festivities, the Queens Botanical Garden will host a concert featuring two area residents who are self-taught musicians on April 30th.
	www.queenscourier.com (459 words)

	TrackStar : View Track Member in Text
		Click on the different buildings in the neighborhood map to find out their functions and their importance. Using Paint, draw a picture of your own neighborhood. Be sure to include the different buildings that you see on the map.
		After your list, insert the map you drew from Paint into your document in Word. Finally, write a few sentences about what you learned about this activity under the map.
		List the names of all the neighborhoods that border Richmond Hill.
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