Little Neck, Queens
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Queens |
| ZIP code | 11362, 11363 |
| Area code(s) | 718, 347, 917 |
Little Neck is a community in Queens, New York, bordered on the north by Little Neck Bay and on the east by Great Neck in Nassau County. Due to this proximity to Nassau, Little Neck remains one of the most suburban-looking areas in New York City. The southern border is the Grand Central Parkway, and to the west is Douglaston. The Little Neck station is the easternmost New York City station on the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 11.[1]
Little Neck is home to the busiest of approximately a dozen remaining railway grade crossings in New York City.[2]
From the 1860s through the 1890s, small hard clams (quahogs) from Little Neck Bay were served in the best restaurants of New York and several European capitals.[3] Eventually, the term "littleneck" or "littleneck clam" came to be used as a size category for all hard clams, regardless of origin.[4][5]
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[edit] Education
Little Neck is part of the New York City Department of Education's district 26, the highest performing school district for grades K-9 in all of New York City. The district includes 20 elementary schools and 5 middle schools.[6]
Little Neck is home to PS 94 David D. Porter, PS 221 North Hills, and PS 811 (a multiple handicap school, formerly known as PS 187, or the Marathon School). It is also home to Louis Pasteur Middle School 67Q, which serves about 900 students.
[edit] Notable residents
- Alan Kalter, announcer on The Late Show with David Letterman.[7]
- Anthony Raneri, of Alternative band Bayside.[citation needed]
- George Tenet, former Director of Central Intelligence for the United States. His father was a chef at the diner on the corner of Northern Boulevard and Little Neck Parkway, selling it in 1963. It was later renamed The Jacobean Diner, and it was known as Scobee Diner until its closing in 2010. He attended PS 94 David D. Porter and Louis Pasteur Middle School 67Q in Little Neck and Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside.[8]
- Crystal Liu also lived here as she studied at Louis Pasteur Middle School 67, during her stay in America.
- Kevin Walsh, webmaster of the acclaimed Forgotten New York website
- Andy Li, (1993-) Mixed martial artist who is currently under UFC contract. Amateur record of 36-0-1 and professional record of 2-0-0. He currently lives in Little Neck.
[edit] References
- ^ Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
- ^ Perilous Crossings, accessed November 27, 2006
- ^ Queens Borough Library Douglaston/Little Neck Branch Community Info
- ^ "littleneck" Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary retrieved on 2009-05-05.
- ^ "littleneck" Webster's New World College Dictionary retrieved from www.yourdictionary.com on 2009-05-05.
- ^ Roleke, Krissy. "Bayside, NY: Queens Neighborhood Profile for Bayside", About.com. Accessed July 15, 2006.
- ^ Alan Kalter: Late Show on CBS, accessed July 26, 2010
- ^ George Tenet is welcome back home in Little Neck, Times Ledger, June 10, 2004
[edit] External links
- Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society
- Little Neck Douglaston Community Web Site
- Community Board #11 Queens, NY
- Little Neck Pines Civic Association, Inc.
- Westmoreland Association, Inc.
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