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The only road that connects Douglaston and Little Neck north of Northern Boulevard runs between Douglas Road, at the eastern edge of Douglaston at Udall’s Cove Park, and Little Neck Parkway alongside the Long Island Rail Road. The city has never really settled on a name for the road, and thus it’s known by a…
The New York City parks department held a meeting earlier this month to reveal several possibilities for a master plan for the 55 acre Ridgewood Reservoir. The site, a reservoir that served Brooklyn between 1858 and 1959, was drained in 1989, and is now part of Highland Park. Since then, it has been largely left…
We asked Paula Z. Segal, the founder and director of 596 Acres, to fill us in on all the community garden action happening around Queens. 596 Acres specializes in helping communities transform empty lots into community garden spaces. You can search all the public vacant sites in Queens through the 596 Acres website. Here’s what…
Image Source: Arcadia Publishing: Jamaica Bay It’s a chance to make history, star in a movie and live on in perpetuity. Dan Hendrick, who is currently working on the documentary Jamaica Bay Lives, and the Queens Memory Project are looking for people to share their stories, photos, mementos and thoughts on the neighborhoods stretching from…
I understand from posts on the internet, that the pond used to be called Pee Pond or Pea Pond. Search "Pea Pond, queens village".
It’s Spelled Potamogeton PondMy friends & I occasionally hung out around Oakland Lake in the early 1980's. At that time you could drive around it (slowly), although I don't know if it was actually legal to do so.
Cool Pools of BaysideThere were two additional houses on "Sandhill RD" at one time...in the early 1970's I looked at one that was for sale. They were located on the same side of the street as 35, heading east, right in front of the area where the road widens (and some use it in winter to play hockey as it is often wet and frozen). These two houses were mirror image of each other, very tiny two story. They were occupied by an old gentleman...they are both gone now and the land grown over, wonder if there is anything left of the foundations?
Queens’ Road With Three Names