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174 unit residential apartment building in Jamaica, Queens

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We are excited to announce the development of our Tree of Life Center, a new mixed-use, 174 unit residential apartment building in Jamaica, Queens.

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(BQX) The Brooklyn Queens Connector

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It’s been decades since trolley cars rolled across Brooklyn and Queens streets, but the boroughs are growing in population and the proposed “BQX” streetcar may be the answer.

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http://qns.com/story/2017/06/19/making-connection-bqx-connector-links-past-future/

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Queens residents will have a say in zoning waivers

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As Queens grows, lawmakers want to give communities greater input in zoning waivers for developers

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New development at Jamaica Station “The Crossings”

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Ladies and Gentlemen, “The Crossing” at Jamaica Station
*COMING SOON*
mixed-use
mixed-income
669 residential units
community and retail space
187-spot parking garage

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http://streeteasy.com/blog/crossing-at-jamaica-station-breaks-ground-on-669-units/

 

 

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Have you seen “Ace”? Missing in Laurelton, Springfield Gardens area

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MISSING DOG(Ace) IN LAURELTON
Please help our neighbor find her pup.
Missing in the Springfield Gardens, Laurelton area
If found please contact Jacqueline 347 538 1194

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Signs n’ Safety-Students at PS 50 in Jamaica unveiled new safety banner on Friday

By D. Lucas Realty

Last year, a student from PS 50 on 101st Street in Jamaica was hit by a car. He’s doing fine now, but rather than let that incident become a reccurring nightmare for parents and students, officials at the school decided to act…

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Brief History Of Kew Gardens Queens

By D Lucas Real Estate Team

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Kew Gardens is a middle–upper class neighborhood in the central area of the New York City borough of Queens. Kew Gardens, shaped roughly like a triangle, is bounded to the north by the Jackie Robinson Parkway (formerly the Interboro Parkway), to the east by Van Wyck Expressway and 131st Street, to the south by Hillside Avenue, and to the west by Park Lane, Abingdon Road, and 118th Street. Forest Park and the neighborhood of Forest Hills are to the west, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park north, Richmond Hill south, Briarwood southeast, and Kew Gardens Hills east.

Kew Gardens was one of seven planned garden communities built in Queens from the late 19th century to 1950.[2] Much of the area was acquired in 1868 by Englishman Albon P. Man, who developed the neighborhood of Hollis Hill to the south, chiefly along Jamaica Avenue, while leaving the hilly land to the north undeveloped.[3]

Maple Grove Cemetery on Kew Gardens Road opened in 1875. A Long Island Rail Road station was built for mourners in October and trains stopped there from mid-November. The station was named Hopedale, after Hopedale Hall, a hotel located at what is now Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike. In the 1890s, the executors of Man’s estate laid out the Queens Bridge Golf Course on the hilly terrains south of the railroad. This remained in use until it was bisected in 1908 by the main line of the Long Island Rail Road, which had been moved 600 feet (180 m) to the south to eliminate a curve. The golf course was then abandoned and a new station was built in 1909 on Lefferts Boulevard. Man’s heirs, Aldrick Man and Albon Man Jr. decided to lay out a new community and called it at first Kew and then Kew Gardens after the well-known botanical gardens in England. The architects of the development favored English and neo-Tudor styles, which still predominate in many sections of the neighborhood.

n 1910, the property was sold piecemeal by the estate and during the next few years streets were extended, land graded and water and sewer pipes installed. The first apartment building was the Kew Bolmer at 80–45 Kew Gardens Road, erected in 1915; a clubhouse followed in 1916 and a private school in 1918. In 1920, the Kew Gardens Inn at the railroad station opened for residential guests, who paid $40 a week for a room and a bath with meals. Elegant one-family houses were built in the 1920s, as were apartment buildings such as Colonial Hall (1921) and Kew Hall (1922) that numbered more than twenty by 1936.

In July 1933, the Grand Central Parkway opened from Kew Gardens to the edge of Nassau County; this road was extended in 1935 as the Interborough Parkway to Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York. Since the parkways used part of the roadbed of Union Turnpike, no houses were demolished. However, the greatest change was wrought by the opening of the Independent Subway System line along Queens Boulevard to Union Turnpike on December 31, 1936; four months later, the subway was extended to Jamaica, Queens. Residents could now reach Manhattan,Brooklyn, and the Bronx twenty-four hours a day for a five-cent fare, stimulating the construction of larger apartment buildings like Kent Manor and high-rise buildings along Queens Boulevard and the last vacant land disappeared.

Despite its historical significance, Kew Gardens lacks any landmark protection

Surrounded by Forest Park, residents in Kew Gardens enjoy what many Manhattanites lack: greenery and quiet nights. The Park, which is very well preserved and is the third largest in Queens, has a private road where residents can jog or walk year round. There are some horse back riding paths and hiking paths actively used by residents. Frederick Law Olmsted conceived the design of the park.[6] Some of the Queens courthouses are also located in Kew Gardens on the side of Queens Boulevard.

The neighborhood also has many airline personnel because of its proximity to the Q10 to John F. Kennedy International Airport, as well as to Delta Air Lines and other airlines’ special shuttles that serve pilots and flight attendants staying in Kew Gardens.

Kew Gardens’s commercial center is Lefferts Boulevard between Austin Street and Metropolitan Avenue. This street is the home to many favorite spots, including Kew Gardens Cinemas with a selection of independent international films, Dani’s Pizzeria, Austin’s Steak and the Austin Ale House, and Comic Den. The county’s civic center, Queens Borough Hall, along with one of the county criminal courts, stand at the northern end of the neighborhood, on Queens Boulevard, in a complex extending from Union Turnpike to Hoover Avenue.

Schools of note located in Kew Gardens include Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe, Bais Yaakov of Queens and Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah. P.S. 99, the local public school, has special programs for gifted students such as the Gifted and Talented program, where children start to learn advanced material beginning in second grade.

 

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Brief History Of Cambria Heights Queens

By D Lucas Real Estate Team

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Cambria Heights is a middle-class neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Springfield Boulevardand Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, the Elmont, Nassau County border on the east, Queens Village to the north, St. Albans to the west, and Montefiore Cemetery and Laurelton and Rosedale to the south. As of 2007, Cambria Heights’s population is 20,128.[1] The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 13.[2]

The town derived its name from the Cambrian era because it is known for its many fossils; at an elevation of 49 feet, it is one of the three highest points in the borough, together with Jackson Heights and Richmond Hill. The median home cost is $450,600.[1]

The public elementary schools in Cambria Heights are P.S. 176 and P.S. 147, renamed for astronaut Ronald McNair.[There are four magnet high schools on the campus of Andrew Jackson High School, which are dedicated to: arts and humanities; business computer applications; mathematics, science and technology; and law, government and community service. The local Catholic grammar school is Sacred Heart, also with a parish by that name.

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Public schools:

Rosedale’s public schools are operated by the New York City Department of Education.

Public elementary , intermediate (Junior High) And High schools in Cambria Heights include:

  • P.S. 147/The Ronald McNair School
  • P.S. 176
  • Andrew Jackson High School

 

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Brief History Of Springfield Gardens Queens

By D Lucas Real Estate Team

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Springfield Gardens is a middle class neighborhood in the southeastern area of the New York City borough of Queens, bounded to the north by St. Albans, to the east by Laurelton and Rosedale, to the south by John F. Kennedy International Airport, and to the west by Farmers Boulevard. The neighborhood is served by Queens Community Board  It is sometimes also referred to as Brookville.

The area was first settled by Europeans in 1660, and was subsequently farmed until the mid nineteenth-century.

Major residential development came in the 1920s as Long Island Rail Road service was expanded to the area at the Springfield Gardens station (closed in 1979). Farmers Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, Springfield Boulevard, Rockaway Boulevard, and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard all are major streets in the area.

Today the area maintains its low-rise suburban nature, And Many homes have been torn down and remade for more families as more people move into the neighborhood. Part is in a Registered historic District. Springfield Gardens is located within zip codes 11434 (western part) and 11413 (eastern part).

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Public schools:

Springfield Gardens public schools are operated by the New York City Department of Education.

Public elementary, intermediate (Junior High) And High schools in Springfield Gardens include:

  • I.S. 59/
  • Springfield Gardens High School

Private education:

  • Cariculum Academy Preschool of Southeast Queens A Community Schoolhouse

 

 

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Brief History Of Rosedale Queens

By D Lucas Real Estate Team

 

14welcomeRosedale was originally conceived in the consolidation of the borough of Queens as a part of what is now Springfield Gardens. At the time, the Laurelton Land Company was in charge of the new Borough of Queens. It was dotted with farmland that was isolated from each other, so construction on an acceptable mode of transportation was started immediately. The Southern Railroad of Long Island (now Long Island Rail Road) was built and the whole area (today Laurelton, Rosedale, and Springfield Gardens) was served by Laurelton Station. The area was also connected to the Brooklyn waterworks. In the 20th century, the water system was less needed, and its use dwindled. Today the ruins of the aqueduct system can still be seen. After the Long Island Rail Road’s construction, many new roads such as Francis Lewis and Sunrise Boulevard (today Sunrise Highway) were constructed. The area that is now Rosedale remained farmland until the mid-1930s. After the former period of relatively slow growth, development rapidly turned Rosedale into a suburban community. Many of Rosedale’s homes are two-family homes.

Rosedale is bordered to the north by Cambria Heights, the east by Valley Stream and North Woodmere (both in Nassau County), to the west by Laurelton and Brookville Park, and to the south by John F. Kennedy International Airport.[1] It is at the eastern edge of New York City, at its border with Valley Stream forming part of the boundary between Queens and Nassau County. The neighborhood is part ofQueens Community Board 13.[2] Many roads of importance in Queens also run through Rosedale such as Francis Lewis Boulevard, Conduit Avenue, Cross Island Parkway, and Belt Parkway, as well asRockaway Boulevard, Sunrise Highway, and Southern State Parkway, all connecting Queens and Nassau Counties.

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Public schools:

Rosedale’s public schools are operated by the New York City Department of Education.

Public elementary and intermediate (Junior High) schools in Rosedale include:

  • P.S. 38/Rosedale School
  • P.S. 138/The Sunrise School
  • P.S. 195/The William Haberle School
  • P.S./I.S. 270/The Gordon Parks School

Private schools

Private preschool, elementary and intermediate (Junior High) schools in Rosedale include:

  • Christ Lutheran, a Lutheran school for K – 8th Grade
  • Little Leadership Academy, a Christian preschool for ages 2 – 5.
  • St. Clare School

 

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