Bayside, Queens
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A typical residential street in Bayside. |
Bayside is a neighborhood in the
borough of
Queens in
New York City,
New York in the
United States. It is a relatively affluent
suburban/
urban neighborhood.
Bayside has been included in
CNN Money's list of Most Expensive Housing Markets
[Most Expensive Housing Markets, accessed July 15, 2006], and was also a contender for CNN Money's ranking of Best Places to Live 2005
[Best Places to Live 2005, accessed July 15, 2006], and Best Places to Retire 2005
[Best Places to Retire 2005, accessed July 15, 2006].
Bayside is located in northeastern Queens, and is part of
Queens Community Board 11[QUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 11 Profile, accessed July 15, 2006]. Its geographical boundaries are:
Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, 223rd Street to the east,
Grand Central Parkway to the south,
[Giuffo, John, "Close-Up on Bayside", The Village Voice, November 2004] and
Cross Island Parkway/
Little Neck Bay to the north. Bayside is bordered by neighboring communities
Douglaston/
Little Neck to the east,
Auburndale to the west, and
Oakland Gardens to the south.
[Roleke, Krissy. "Bayside, NY: Queens Neighborhood Profile for Bayside,", accessed July 15, 2006].
Bay Terrace is a community of garden apartments located in the north section of the neighborhood; an adjacent shopping center was named after the community. The northern section of Bay Terrace also has a view of the
Throgs Neck Bridge, which leads to
The Bronx. The
Coast Guard station at
Fort Totten is located at the northernmost point of the neighborhood,
Willets Point.
Bayside's major highways include the
Long Island Expressway,
Clearview Expressway, and the
Cross Island Parkway. Bayside is also connected to
Penn Station in
Midtown Manhattan and
Long Island by the
Long Island Rail Road's
Port Washington Branch at the
Bayside station.
Bayside is a very diverse neighborhood with many ethnic minorities but few racial tensions. The Bayside population is predominantly White and Asian, but includes substantial populations of
Chinese,
Italian,
Korean,
Irish,
Hispanic,
Russian,
Greek, and
Jewish residents. Out of the 34,539 residents of Bayside (zip code 11364) as of the 2000 census, 61.7% of residents were born in the United States, and 37.1% were foreign-born. Half of Bayside households speak English only at home, while the other half speak non-English languages in their households.
Bayside contains 13,977 housing units. The majority of Bayside residents are part of family households, with an average household size of 2.54 individuals. The median age of Bayside's citizens is 41.5 years, and 18.1% of residents are senior citizens. 86.6% of residents age 25 and over have at least graduated from high school, while 38.4% have a
bachelor's degree or higher, making Bayside a more educated community than the average American neighborhood. The median household income as of 1999 is $54,031, and 88% of all households own at least one car
[U.S. Census Bureau, http://factfinder.census.gov].
Bayside is part of
public school district 26, the highest performing school district for grades K-9 in all of
New York City. District 26 includes 20 elementary schools and 5 middle schools
.
Bayside is home to a number of New York City high schools:
*
Bayside High School*
Benjamin Cardozo High School*
Francis Lewis High School*
St. Francis Preparatory SchoolBayside is also home to the following colleges:
*
Queensborough Community College, a branch of the
City University of New York (CUNY) system
[http://www.baysidequeens.com]*Bayside was the site of alleged apparitions of the
Virgin Mary to a housewife named
Veronica Lueken. The apparitions began in 1970 at St. Robert Bellarmine Church. Lueken died in 1995.
*The movie
Sally of the Sawdust (1925) was filmed in Bayside
.
*
Lawrence Cemetery - 216th Street & 42nd Avenue
[Lawrence Cemetery].
Throughout its history, Bayside has been home to several notable people including:
*
Rolf Armstrong, painter
*
John Barrymore, actor
*
Irving Berlin, composer and lyricist
*
Charlie Chaplin[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=188], actor
*
Jim Corbett, boxer
*
W.C. Fields, comedian / actor
*
Buster Keaton, comedian / actor
*
Paul Newman, actor
*
Tom Seaver, pitcher
*
Perry Farrell, frontman of
Jane's Addiction*
Gloria Swanson, actress
*
Norma Talmadge , actress
*
Rudolph Valentino, actor
*
Bayside Historical Society*
Queens Tribune - publication for neighborhoods of northeastern Queens
*
Bayside Times*
Bayside Community website*
About Bayside
