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QUEENS-NASSAU LINE, Part 3
June 20, 2011Having made my way along the undefended and demilitarized Queens-Nassau Border in Little Neck (Part 1) and Bellerose and Floral Park (Part 2), and having noted a previous walk along the borderline along Jamaica Avenue-Jericho Turnpike, I then lit off just below the city line in a thicket of confusingly-named Nassau County communities called Floral [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Walks Tagged with: Bellerose Terrace Cambria Heights Elmont Nassau Queens
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HAPPY DEATHDAY, Mr. Lawrence – Queens’ hidden cemeteries
October 29, 2000Queens has an abundance of small, out-of-the-way, ancient cemeteries, many of which go back to the 1700s, some of which are barely suspected by neighbors. Ancient burial grounds are alngside two-family homes, in parks and even UNDER a lot of places they wouldn’t be expected. LAWRENCE FAMILY BURIAL GROUND, Astoria Though the historical marker [...]
Categorized in: Cemeteries Tagged with: Astoria Cambria Heights Fresh Meadows Glendale Long Island City Middle Village Queens