Fresh Meadows, Queens
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Queens |
| Population | |
| • Total | 13,286 |
| Ethnicity[1] | |
| • White | 56.9% |
| • Black | 1.9% |
| • Hispanic | 29.7% |
| • Asian | 24.5% |
| • Other | 9.6% |
| Economics | |
| • Median income | $73,671 |
| ZIP code | 11365, 11366 |
| Area code(s) | 718, 347, 917 |
Fresh Meadows is a residential neighborhood in the northeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens.
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[edit] Location
Fresh Meadows is located on the northeast side of Hillcrest, bordered to the east by Cunningham Park, to the south by Union Turnpike and St. John's University, and to the west by South Flushing. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 8[2] and is served by the United States Postal Service as ZIP codes 11365 and 11366.
[edit] History
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During the American Revolution General Benedict Arnold drilled his troops in the area, on the current location of M.S. 216. During the 19th century, Fresh Meadows was a farming community known as Black Stump. The name derives from the convention of defining property lines by placing blackened tree stumps at the edges of properties.[3][4] A few such boundary markers are still visible in the undeveloped areas of Cunningham Park along 73rd Avenue. Until 2004, the neighborhood was home to Klein Farm, the last surviving commercial farm in New York City, located on 73rd Avenue between 194th and 195th Streets. Efforts by local residents and civic officials to see the farm reopen are currently under way.[5]
On September 20, 2011, the New York Daily News reported: "From the Art Deco marquee of the Utopia Theater to the marble interior of the Horn & Hardart restaurant, decades-old snapshots of Fresh Meadows have inspired two former residents to preserve local history in a new book Fresh Meadows....which is a part of Arcadia Publishing's 'Images of America' series." Click for Preview of Book " This pocket of northeastern Queens flourished in the 1940s and '50s centered on a housing development built for World War II veterans - a story that Fred Cantor and Debra Davidson chronicle in "Fresh Meadows."
[edit] Demographics
Fresh Meadows is home to an estimated population of 13,286. Considered one of Queens' most affluent neighborhoods, its residents have a median income of $93,671, and the neighborhood has a cost of living at approximately twice the national average.[1] The neighborhood has historically and traditionally been home to one of New York City's most thriving Jewish communities, with the Jewish population at one time making up as many as 90% of all people who live in Fresh Meadows. Today, there is an increasing presence of younger Asian American families, Israelis, and Bukharian Jews living in the neighborhood.[6]
[edit] Government and infrastructure
The United States Postal Service operates the Fresh Meadows Finance Post Office.[7] The Utopia Post Office is in adjacent Utopia.[8]
[edit] Transportation
The neighborhood is served by NYC Transit bus lines Q17, Q27, Q30, Q31, Q46, Q65, Q88 and QM1. Fresh Meadows is not a major transportation hub, as no New York City Subway or Long Island Railroad stations are located within its boundaries. It does however contain the interchange between the Long Island Expressway and the Clearview Expressway.
[edit] Education
[edit] Primary and secondary schools
The New York City Department of Education operates public schools. Public schools located in Fresh Meadows include Francis Lewis High School, George J. Ryan Middle school,P.S. 26 Rufus King school, and P.S. 173 The Fresh Meadows School.
Fresh Meadows is home to St. Francis Preparatory School, the largest Catholic high school in the United States.
On December 22, 1980,[9] The Japanese School of New York moved from Jamaica Estates, Queens into Fresh Meadows,[10] in the former P.S. 179.[11] In 1991 the school moved to Yonkers in Westchester County, New York.[9]
[edit] Colleges and universities
The main campus of St. John's University lies on the Hillcrest border at Union Turnpike.
[edit] Public libraries
Queens Library operates the Fresh Meadows Library.[12]
[edit] Housing Complex
Fresh Meadows is also the name of a large apartment complex situated in the northeast section of the neighborhood. Developed in the late 1940's by the New York Life Insurance Company to house local World War II veterans. The complex and its eponymous shopping center were the first in the United States designed primarily to accommodate automobile rather than pedestrian traffic.[13]. In 1949, Lewis Mumford described the Fresh Meadows housing complex as "perhaps the most positive and exhilarating example of large-scale community planning in this country."
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://realestate.yahoo.com/New_York/Fresh_Meadows/neighborhoods
- ^ "Queens Community Boards, New York City". http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb_queens.shtml. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ^ "Fresh Meadows". Forgotten NY. http://www.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/freshmeadows/freshmeadows.html. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ Beyer, Gregory (2009-06-19). "An Outpost of the City, Within the City". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/realestate/21living.html. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ Dal Molin, David (2009-05-28). "Fresh Meadows vigilant on future of Klein Farm". Queens Chronicle. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20322246&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574902&rfi=8. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ Brown, Kristen V. (2008-04-23). "New York real estate: Fresh Meadows". AM New York. http://www.newsday.com/long-island/new-york-real-estate-fresh-meadows-1.883593. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Fresh Meadows Finance." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on January 9, 2012. "19304 HORACE HARDING EXPY STE 1 FRESH MEADOWS, NY 11365-9994"
- ^ "Utopia." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on January 9, 2012. "18204 UNION TPKE FRESH MEADOWS, NY 11366-9993"
- ^ a b "本校の歩み." The Japanese School of New York. Retrieved on January 10, 2012. "1975.9.2. Jamaica Queensにて「ニューヨーク日本人学校」開校。" and "1980.12.22 Queens Ｆlushing校に移転。" and "1991.8.18. Westchester Yonkers校へ移転。"
- ^ Kulers, Brian G. "QUEENS NEIGHBORHOODS QUEENS CLOSEUP East Meets West in School For Japanese in America." Newsday. November 12, 1986. News, Start Page 31. Retrieved on January 9, 2012.
- ^ Pomfret, John. "Old city school becomes second home for Japanese kids." Associated Press at the The Daily Telegraph. Thursday September 10, 1987. 30. Retrieved from Google News (30 of 68) on January 9, 2012.
- ^ "Fresh Meadows." Queens Library. Retrieved on January 9, 2012. "193-20 Horace Harding Expressway Fresh Meadows, NY 11365"
- ^ Goldberger, Paul (1981-04-17). "To Utopia by Bus and Subway". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/17/arts/to-utopia-by-bus-and-subway.html. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
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