I have lived in Little Neck, Queens since July 1st, 2007, following 14 years in Flushing. I spent 35 years in Brooklyn to begin with, so in 2029 I’ll have…
Little Neck
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Continued from Part 1 Today my idea was to walk from Jamaica Estates, one of two ritzy (or mostly ritzy, in comparison to where I’ve lived) areas in northern Jamaica,…
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I complain a lot about the Long Island Rail Road — its price scheme, for one thing. It costs $20.50 to ride to Manhattan from Little Neck daily in rush…
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A green slotted post on 39th Road, next to the Little Neck station platform on the Long Island Rail Road, proclaims the parking rules on this stretch of road: “don’t…
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Jessie Court is a dead-end on Northern Boulevard on the north side of the street where it meets Browvale Lane, squeezed between a real estate office and a bank. It’s…
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One of the most perplexing situations as far as New York City streets and their names is concerned exists in Douglaston and Little Neck, where a curving road runs across…
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I’m going to have some fun for awhile displaying the results I got sifting through piles of snapshots I got between 1998 and 2005 when I was still using 35MM…
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In November 2016 I was bellyaching over the impending loss of the Bayside railroad pedestrian bridge at 216th Street and 42nd Avenue, and on the same page, also complained about…
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I recently found myself staggering around in the intense heat in the Zion Churchyard in Douglaston, drawn there by their annual Strawberry Festival and intrigued by the promise of free…
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Even though I have been in Little Neck since 2007, I only discovered this curiosity on a lawn on 41st Road near Little Neck Parkway a few days ago. This…
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The two “northeasternmost” of Queens’ neighborhoods, Douglaston and Little Neck, somehow seem carved out of the rather exclusive, definitely monied precincts of the Nassau County towns immediately to the east,…
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CONTINUED FROM PART 2 I have an affinity for subways, trains and railroads… not at the “foamer” level, but I have enough knowledge to recognize model numbers on most NYC,…