Queens Village, Queens

Queens Village was founded as Little Plains in the 1640s. Homage to this part of Queens Village history is found on the sign above the Long Island Railroad Station there. In 1824, Thomas Brush established a blacksmith shop in the area. He prospered and built several other shops and a factory, and the area soon became known as Brushville. On March 1, 1837, the railroad arrived. The first station in the area was called Flushing Avenue in 1837, Delancy Avenue by June 20, 1837, and Brushville by November 27, 1837,{{cite web |url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/BRUSHVILLE.html |title=ARRT'S ARRCHIVES}}

likely about a mile west of the present station. In 1856, residents voted to change the name from Brushville to Queens.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5myFv069DGMC&q=The+Story+of+Queens+Village.+Vincent+F.+Seyfried&pg=PA63 |title=Old Queens, N.Y., in early photographs |author=Vincent F. Seyfried & William Asadorian |page=63 |access-date=2009-12-16|isbn=9780486263588 |date=January 1991 |publisher=Courier Corporation }} Votes on names are often about the name of the post office, which may serve several smaller surrounding communities as well.

The name "Inglewood" also was used for both the village and the train station in the 1860s and 1870s.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-queens-village-strong-community-ties-moderate-prices.html?pagewanted=2 |title=2003 NY Times article | work=The New York Times | first=Diana | last=Shaman | date=February 2, 2003 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rent-direct.com/Queens_Apartments/queens-queens-village.html |title=RDNY article}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.rare-maps.com/details.cfm?type=maps&auto_key=1553935 |title=1873 map showing name "Inglewood Or Queens" in the Town of Hempstead}}

The name Brushville was still used in an 1860 New York Times article,{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9801E4DF1E31E134BC4D51DFB667838B679FDE |title=REPUBLICAN BARBECUE.; Ox-Roast and Clam-Bake at Brushville, Long Island Addresses by Gov. Chase, Hon. John Covode, and Others |publisher=NY Times |date=1860-10-25 |access-date=2009-12-06}}

but both "Queens" and "Brushville" are used in an 1870 article.{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0DE0DD113DE53BBC4C52DFBF66838B669FDE&scp=2&sq=Brushville+queens&st=p |title=THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE Grand Demonstration in Queens, L. I. |date=1870-09-14 |access-date=2009-12-06 | work=The New York Times}}

Maps from 1873 show portions of Queens Village (then called Inglewood and Queens) in the town of Hempstead, but 1891 maps show it entirely in the town of Jamaica.{{cite web |url=http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=844845&imageID=1523090&total=354&num=0&word=jamaica%20queens&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=4&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pos=1&e=w |title= 1891 map of "Queens"}}

After the Borough of Queens became incorporated as part of the City of Greater New York in 1898, and the new county of Nassau was created in 1899, the border between the city and Nassau County was set directly east of Queens Village. A 1901 article in the Brooklyn Eagle already uses the full name Queens Village,

{{cite news |url=http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1901/07/19/16/Ar01617.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1900-1905&DOCID=361516&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&GZ=%54&sScopeID=%41%6c%6c&sPublication=%42%45%47&sSorting=%49%73%73%75%65%44%61%74%65%49%44%2c%64%65%73%63&sQuery=%22%71%75%65%65%6e%73%20%76%69%6c%6c%61%67%65%22&rEntityType=&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=%30&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T |title=1901 Brooklyn Eagle article using full name "Queens Village" |date=1901-07-19}}

a name that had been used as late as the 1880s for Lloyd's Neck in present-day Suffolk County.{{cite news |url=http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1883/10/31/6/Ar00602.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1880-1884&DOCID=283690&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&GZ=%54&sScopeID=%41%6c%6c&sPublication=%42%45%47&sSorting=%49%73%73%75%65%44%61%74%65%49%44%2c%64%65%73%63&sQuery=%22%71%75%65%65%6e%73%20%76%69%6c%6c%61%67%65%22&rEntityType=&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=%38&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T |title=1883 Brooklyn Eagle article referring to Lloyd's Neck as Queens Village |date=1883-10-31}}

In 1923, the Long Island Railroad added "Village" to its station's name to avoid confusion with the county of the same name, and thus the neighborhood became known as Queens Village.

Queens Village was part of an overall housing boom that was spreading east through Queens from New York as people from the city sought the bucolic life afforded by the less-crowded atmosphere of the area. Today, many of those charming and well-maintained Dutch Colonial and Tudor homes built in Queens Village during the 1920s and 1930s continue to attract a diverse population.[http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CL-CommunityInfo&branch_id=Q Community Information Community and Library History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502134036/http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CL-CommunityInfo&branch_id=Q |date=May 2, 2008 }}, accessed March 27, 2008.

Lloyd Harbor, New York, which was formerly in Queens County but now in Suffolk County, was known as Queens Village from 1685 until as late as 1883.{{cite web

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{{cite web |url=http://www.geographicus-archive.com/P/AntiqueMap/LongIsland-beers-1873 |title=Beers' Atlas of Long Island |year=1873 |access-date=2011-11-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120223619/http://www.geographicus-archive.com/P/AntiqueMap/LongIsland-beers-1873 |archive-date=2011-11-20 }} In 1885, known then as Lloyd Neck, it seceded from Queens County and became part of the town of Huntington in Suffolk County.

Bellaire is in western Queens Village next to Hollis and covers the area surrounding Jamaica Avenue and 211th Street.{{cite encnyc}} p. 98. Bellaire is the largest section of Queens Village. The area considered Bellaire usually falls under the general title of Queens Village. There was once a Long Island Rail Road station named Bellaire.{{Cite web |url=http://bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/Queens.1910.2.html |title=1910 maps of area, showing, among other things, a LIRR station between Hollis and Queens called "Bellaire" |access-date=2009-12-18 |archive-date=2011-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812125632/http://bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/Queens.1910.2.html |url-status=dead }} 211th Street, formerly known as Belleaire Boulevard has traffic medians on it indicating its history as the main route through this section of Queens Village.

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Hollis Hills is an affluent subsection, generally bounded by Springfield Boulevard to the east, Grand Central Parkway the south, Hollis Hills Terrace to the west, and Kingsbury Avenue and Richland Avenue the north.{{Cite news|last=Shaman|first=Diana|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-hollis-hills-suburban-feel-school-that-excels.html|title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Hollis Hills; A Suburban Feel and a School That Excels|date=2002-09-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}Rather, John. "[https://www.proquest.com/docview/109506987/ In a Queens Enclave, Civic Involvement: The community places high value on quiet, civility and order]". The New York Times. September 24, 1995. p. R5. It is slightly above sea level due to a retreating glacier from the last Ice Age. A small pond called Potamogeton Pond exists at Bell Boulevard on the north side of Grand Central Parkway.Walsh, Kevin. "[http://forgotten-ny.com/2011/03/5604/ Potamogeton Pond]". Forgotten New York. March 21, 2011.

Most homes in Hollis Hills are of the Colonial, Tudor, and Ranch styles. Houses here attract predominantly the upper-middle class as some houses in the area can fetch prices of $1,500,000 or higher. This neighborhood, similar to Douglaston, is a quasi-suburb, with detached homes sitting on large tree-lined lots. Surrey Estates, a section of Hollis Hills, is a smaller triangle of architecturally notable homes surrounded by old, large trees and is bound by Union Turnpike, Springfield Boulevard, and Hartland Avenue within Hollis Hills.

Notable institutions in Hollis Hills are The Chapel of the Redeemer Lutheran, Hollis Hills Jewish Center (founded in 1948), American Martyrs Catholic Church, the Windsor Park Branch of the Queens Public Library, the John Hamburg Community Center, Kingsbury Elementary School (P.S. 188),{{Cite web|url=http://schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/26/q188/default.htm|title = Find a School – New York City Department of Education}} Hollis Hills Civic Association, and Surrey Estates Homeowners Association.

Queens Village, like many parts of Queens, is diverse. The neighborhood is mainly Caribbean American. Guyanese, Hispanic, Indian, Filipino, and Jamaican people also have significant populations among the 48,670 people living within the area. Formerly, a very large Jewish community existed. However, many Jewish families have left for other parts of Queens and parts of Long Island. Still, there is a small Jewish presence in Queens Village that has recently been augmented by an increase of Middle Eastern Jews. There has also been an increase in the number of Asian American residents.

Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Queens Village was 52,504, a decrease of 5,200 (9.0%) from the 57,704 counted in 2000. Covering an area of {{convert|1,611.17|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|32.6|PD/acre|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010], Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 50.2% (26,376) African American, 16.0% (8,424) Asian, 6.3% (3,304) White, 0.5% (279) Native American, 0.1% (64) Pacific Islander, 3.9% (2,066) from other races and 4.4% (2,320) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.4% (9,671) of the population.[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010], Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.

The entirety of Community Board 13, which mainly comprises Queens Village but also includes other areas, had 193,787 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 82.9 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-qn13.pdf|title=Queens Village (Including Bellerose, Cambria Heights, Glen Oaks, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale and Springfield Gardens)|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019}}{{Rp|2, 20}} This is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf|title=2016–2018 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan: Take Care New York 2020|date=2016|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|access-date=September 8, 2017}}{{Rp|53 (PDF p. 84)}}{{cite web | title=New Yorkers are living longer, happier and healthier lives | website=New York Post | date=June 4, 2017 | url=https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ | access-date=March 1, 2019}} Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 20% are between the ages of between 0–17, 26% between 25–44, and 29% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 9% and 16% respectively.{{Rp|2}}

As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 13 was $85,857.{{cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3604105-nyc-queens-community-district-13-queens-village-cambria-heights-rosedale-puma-ny/|title=NYC-Queens Community District 13—Queens Village, Cambria Heights & Rosedale PUMA, NY|publisher=Census Reporter|access-date=July 17, 2018}} In 2018, an estimated 13% of Queens Village residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in twelve residents (8%) were unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 50% in Queens Village, lower than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, Queens Village are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.{{Rp|7}}

Queens Village is patrolled by the 105th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 92–08 222nd Street.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/105th-precinct.page|title=NYPD – 105th Precinct|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Police Department|access-date=October 3, 2016}} The 105th Precinct ranked 17th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/queens/queens-village/|title=Queens Village – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report|website=www.dnainfo.com|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415063814/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/queens/queens-village|archive-date=April 15, 2017|url-status=dead}} {{As of|2018}}, with a non-fatal assault rate of 29 per 100,000 people, Queens Village's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 378 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.{{Rp|8}}

The 105th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 79.4% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 9 murders, 24 rapes, 197 robberies, 405 felony assaults, 266 burglaries, 589 grand larcenies, and 164 grand larcenies auto in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-105pct.pdf|title=105th Precinct CompStat Report|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Police Department|access-date=July 22, 2018}}

Queens Village contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 304/Ladder Co. 162, at 218–44 97th Avenue.{{cite web | title=Engine Company 304/Ladder Company 162 | website=FDNYtrucks.com | url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/queens/e304.htm | access-date=March 7, 2019}}{{Cite FDNY locations}}

{{As of|2018}}, preterm births are more common in Queens Village than in other places citywide, though births to teenage mothers are less common. In Queens Village, there were 111 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 8.8 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).{{Rp|11}} Queens Village has an about-average population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 11%, about the same as the citywide rate of 12%.{{Rp|14}}

The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Queens Village is {{convert|0.0065|mg/m3|oz/ft3}}, less than the city average.{{Rp|9}} Twelve percent of Queens Village residents are smokers, which is lower than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.{{Rp|13}} In Queens Village, 27% of residents are obese, 14% are diabetic, and 37% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively.{{Rp|16}} In addition, 20% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.{{Rp|12}}

Eighty-six percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is slightly less than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 74% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", lower than the city's average of 78%.{{Rp|13}} For every supermarket in Queens Village, there are 14 bodegas.{{Rp|10}}

The nearest major hospitals are Jamaica Hospital and Queens Hospital Center, both located in Jamaica.{{cite web | last=Finkel | first=Beth | title=Guide To Queens Hospitals | website=Queens Tribune | date=February 27, 2014 | url=http://queenstribune.com/guide-to-queens-hospitals/ | access-date=March 7, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204185507/http://queenstribune.com/guide-to-queens-hospitals/ | archive-date=February 4, 2017 | url-status=dead }}

Queens Village is covered by 3 ZIP Codes. From north to south they are 11427 north of 90th Avenue, 11428 between 90th and 99th Avenues, and 11429 between 99th and 114th Avenues.{{cite web | title=Queens Village, New York City-Queens, New York Zip Code Boundary Map (NY) | website=United States Zip Code Boundary Map (USA) | url=https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/Queens_County/Z_Queens_Village.htm | access-date=March 13, 2019}} The United States Post Office operates one post office nearby: the Queens Village Station at 209–20 Jamaica Avenue.{{cite web | title=Location Details: Queens Village | website=USPS.com | url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11433&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1378614&locationName=QUEENS+VILLAGE&address2=&address1=20920+JAMAICA+AVE | access-date=March 7, 2019}}

Queens Village generally has a similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. While 38% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 13% have less than a high school education and 49% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.{{Rp|6}} The percentage of Queens Village students excelling in math rose from 42% in 2000 to 59% in 2011, and reading achievement decreased slightly from 52% to 50% during the same time period.{{Cite web|url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/QN_13_11.pdf|title=Queens Village – QN 13|date=2011|publisher=Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy|access-date=October 5, 2016}}

Queens Village's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Queens Village, 15% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, lower than the citywide average of 20%.{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}}{{Rp|6}} Additionally, 83% of high school students in Queens Village graduate on time, higher than the citywide average of 75%.{{Rp|6}}

Public schools in Queens Village are operated by the New York City Department of Education and include the following:

• P.S. 018 The Winchester School
• P.S./I.S. 295
• P.S. 33 Edward M Funk School
• P.S. 95 Eastwood School
• I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School
• M.S 172 Irwin Altman
• Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School
• P.S. 034 John Harvard School
• P.S. 135 The Bellaire School
• P.S.188
• Martin Van Buren High School

Private schools include:

• Saints Joachim and Anne School
• Grace Lutheran Day School
• St. Joseph's Episcopal Day School
• Incarnation R.C. School

The Queens Public Library operates the Queens Village branch at 94–11 217th Street.{{cite web | title=Branch Detailed Info: Queens Village | website=Queens Public Library | url=https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/Queens-Village/ | access-date=March 7, 2019}}

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Queens Village station, located at Amboy Lane (on the corner of Springfield Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue), offers service on the Long Island Rail Road's Hempstead Branch.[http://lirr42.mta.info/stationInfo.php?id=31 Queens Village], Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Accessed March 31, 2017.

Though no New York City Subway stations serve Queens Village, there are several bus routes that connect to the subway, including MTA Regional Bus Operations' {{NYC bus link|Q1|Q2|Q27|Q36|Q43|Q77|Q83|Q88|Q110|}}, and Nassau Inter-County Express' {{LI bus link|n1|n6|n6X|n22|n22X|n24|n26|prose=y}} routes. In addition, the MTA's {{NYC bus link|X68}} express bus runs directly to Manhattan.{{cite NYC bus map|Q}}

Queens Village is served by intercity buses operated by Greyhound. Short Line, and Adirondack Trailways also offers service.[http://extranet.greyhound.com/Revsup/schedules/pdf/121.pdf Greyhound Long Island to New York][https://web.coachusa.com/CoachUsaAssets/files/98/longisland.pdf Coach USA Short Line Route 495][https://trailways.com/bus-station/queens-vil-ny/ Trailways Queens Village] The buses stop near the intersection of Hillside Avenue and Springfield Boulevard.

• Chy Davidson (born 1959), former NFL wide receiver who played two seasons with the New York Jets.{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/davi01200.html | title=CHY DAVIDSON | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=July 23, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723231744/http://www.profootballarchives.com/davi01200.html | archive-date=July 23, 2015 }}
• George Gately (1928–2001), creator of the Heathcliff comic stripHernandez, Cava. [http://www.elmundo.es/2001/10/06/opinion/1056360.html "George Gately : Creador del gato Heathcliff"], El Mundo (Spain), October 6, 2001. Accessed November 20, 2007. "George Gately Gallagher nació en Queens Village, Nueva York, en 1928, meses antes de que estallase la Gran Depresión. Pero, a todos los efectos, hay que considerarle un habitante de New Jersey, en cuya localidad de Bergenfield es donde transcurrieron su infancia y su adolescencia."
• Karine Jean-Pierre (born 1974), political advisor who has served as the White House Press Secretary since 2022Rose, Naeisha. [https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/from-queens-village-to-the-white-house/article_90ce31a6-354f-5065-8e50-4a916f515106.html "From Queens Village to the White House"], Queens Chronicle, May 12, 2022. Accessed December 24, 2023. "The daughter of Haitian-American immigrants, Jean-Pierre was born in Martinique and raised in Queens Village."
• Nancy Malone (1935–2014), actor, director, producer, television executive[http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=148 Paley Center for Media]
• Charles Henry Miller (1842–1922), landscape painter[http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=28132 Charles Henry Miller]. Accessed September 30, 2010
• Paul Newman (1925–2008), actor, from 1953 to 1954Paul Newman: A Biography. Marian Borden; Greenwood Publishing; 2011
• Tom Pecora (born 1958), college basketball coach who is currently the head coach for the Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball team[https://gobobcats.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/tom-pecora/8789 Tom Pecora], Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball. Accessed December 24, 2023. "A native of Queens Village, New York, Pecora attended Martin Van Buren High School before moving on to Adelphi University, where he graduated in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health."
• Fred W. Preller (1902–1974), politician who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1944 until 1965[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/31/archives/fred-w-preller-exassemblyman-queens-republican-of-ways-and-means.html "Fred W. Preller, Assemblyman"], The New York Times, August 31, 1974. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Fred W. Preller, an Assemblyman from 1944 to 1965 and chairman of the Queens County Republican Committee from 1961 to 1964, died, Thursday at his home, 218‐05 100th Avenue, Queens Village, Queens."
• The Rockin' Chairs, a doo-wop group in the 1950s{{cite book|last=Rosalsky|first=Mitch|title=Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo Wop Vocal Groups|year=2002|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=978081083663-1|pages=485–486}}{{cite book|last=Gribin|first=Anthony|title=The Complete Book of Doo-Wop|year=2000|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-0873418294|page=441}}
• Christopher Romulo, former professional Muay Thai fighter[https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/watertown/news/2017/08/10/-rockaway-beach-fighter-turns-author-to-help-motivate-others "Rockaway Beach fighter uses the might of the pen to help motivate others"], NY1, August 11, 2017. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Christopher Romulo just published his memoir Champions Uprising: Fall 7 Times, Get Up 8. In the book, the Queens Village-native talks about how studying Muay Thai changed him from a street fighter to a professional one."
• Julius Schwartz (1915–2004), comic book editor and a science fiction agentNash, Eric. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/12/arts/julius-schwartz-88-editor-who-revived-superhero-genre-in-comic-books.html 'Julius Schwartz, 88, Editor Who Revived Superhero Genre in Comic Books"], The New York Times, February 12, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Julius Schwartz, a comic-book editor who rescued the superhero genre from near extinction in the mid-1950s and helped shape popular characters including Batman, the Flash and Green Lantern, died on Sunday in Mineola, N.Y. He was 88 and lived in Queens Village."
• Matthew Troy (1929–2004), lawyer and politician, who was a member of the New York City CouncilMcFadden, Robert D. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/nyregion/matthew-j-troy-jr-75-dies-ruled-queens-then-fell.html "Matthew J. Troy Jr., 75, Dies; Ruled Queens, Then Fell"], The New York Times, December 5, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Matthew J. Troy Jr., a flamboyant former city councilman and Queens Democratic leader whose rising political star collapsed in the 1970s after he was convicted of tax evasion and stealing money from law clients, died on Friday at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens. He was 75 and lived in Queens Village."
• Tevi Troy (born 1967), Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/15/style/weddings-kami-pliskow-and-tevi-troy.html "Weddings; Kami Pliskow And Tevi Troy"], The New York Times, August 15, 1999. Accessed December 24, 2023.
• George Vande Woude (1935–2021), cancer researcherVandeWoude, Suw; and Vousden, Karen H. [https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2117952118 "A celebration of the life of George Vande Woude"], Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, November 29, 2021. Accessed December 24, 2023. "George was born on Christmas Day in 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Alice Leudesdorff Vande Woude and George F. Vande Woude Sr. He spent his childhood in Queens Village, New York, just a few blocks from Dorothy 'Dot' Stapel, who became his wife in 1959."
• Christian Vital (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Melvyn Weiss (1935–2018), attorney who co-founded the plaintiff class action law firm Milberg Weiss.Roberts, Sam. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/obituaries/melvyn-weiss-lawyer-who-fought-corporate-fraud-dies-at-82.html "Melvyn Weiss, Lawyer Who Fought Corporate Fraud, Dies at 82"], The New York Times, February 5, 2018. Accessed February 5, 2018. "He was raised in the Hollis Hills section of Queens and graduated from Jamaica High School. He helped his father keep the books for small businesses while earning a bachelor’s degree from City College of New York in 1956. He graduated from New York University Law School in 1959 and served in the Army."
• Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), activist in the civil rights movementKrebs, Albin. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/09/obituaries/roy-wilkins-50-year-veteran-of-civil-rights-fight-is-dead.html "Roy Wilkins, 50-Year Veteran Of Civil Rights Fight, Is Dead"], The New York Times, September 9, 1981. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Mr. Wilkins lived in Queens Village with his wife, the former Aminda Badeau, a social worker he met in St. Louis and married in 1929."

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612125859/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG%2F1852%2F09%2F06%2F3%2FAr00328.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1841-1860&DOCID=425219&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=BEagle&AppName=2&GZ=T&sPublication=BEG&sQuery=brushville&sSorting=Score%2Cdesc&sDateFrom=01%2F01%2F1841&sDateTo=12%2F31%2F1902&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T 1852 Brooklyn Eagle article – Take the LIRR to Picnic to Brushville]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612125930/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG%2F1871%2F10%2F13%2F1%2FAr00118.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1870-1874&DOCID=106827&PageLabelPrint=&skin=BEagle&GZ=T&AppName=2&sPublication=BEG&sQuery=inglewood&sSorting=Score%2Cdesc&sDateFrom=01%2F01%2F1841&sDateTo=12%2F31%2F1902&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T 1871 Brooklyn Eagle article – Opening of new station at Inglewood, and Land sale by Colonel Wood]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612125750/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG%2F1900%2F02%2F01%2F7%2FAr00720.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1900-1905&DOCID=19173&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=BEagle&AppName=2&GZ=T&sPublication=BEG&sQuery=brushville&sSorting=Score%2Cdesc&sDateFrom=01%2F01%2F1841&sDateTo=12%2F31%2F1902&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T 1900 Brooklyn Eagle article] – proposed new LIRR station at Brushville—between Hollis and Queens (Village)
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/realestate/02LIVI.html?ex=1155614400&en=0b255562368f3d84&ei=5070 If You're Thinking of Living in: Queens Village – Strong Community Ties, Moderate Prices]

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