Whitestone, Queens

Dutch settlers derived the name of the town from limestone that used to lie on the shore of the river according to a popular tradition. This tradition is supported by 17th century wills and deeds, which may be found in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, that refer to "the white stone" as a local landmark and survey reference point.

The area was, in large part, the estate of Francis Lewis, a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The estate was the site of a British raid during the Revolutionary War. Lewis was not present but his wife was taken prisoner and his house was burned to the ground. For a period of time Whitestone was called Clintonville after Dewitt Clinton, the former governor of New York; this etymology is present in the name of Clintonville Street, located in the neighborhood.{{cite news|last1=Finnegan|first1=Thomas|title=It's Clintonville Street: Whitestone Signs Are Misleading|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201941%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201941%2520-%25203051.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff940d3ff9%26DocId%3D4171137%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D82b%2B82c%2B82d%2B862%2B863%2B901%2B902%2B903%2B967%2B968%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fNew%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201941%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201941%2520-%25203051.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff940d3ff9%26DocId%3D4171137%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D82b%2B82c%2B82d%2B862%2B863%2B901%2B902%2B903%2B967%2B968%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fNew%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false|access-date=March 3, 2017|work=Long Island Star-Journal|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=October 20, 1941|page=16}} In the late 19th century, many wealthy New Yorkers began building mansions in the area, on what had once been farmland or woodland. Rapid development of the area ensued in the 1920s, however, as trolley and Long Island Rail Road train service on the Whitestone Branch was expanded into the neighborhood. Although this rail service ended during the Great Depression, part of the right-of-way was later used by Robert Moses to help construct the Belt Parkway, which includes the Whitestone Expressway which runs along the southeast edge of the former Flushing Airport and through Whitestone. Flushing Airport has been abandoned since 1985.

Further development came with the completion of the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge in 1939. The bridge measures {{Convert|2300|ft}} at its center span and was the fourth-longest bridge in the world at the time of its construction.Chan, Sewell. [https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/70th-birthday-of-the-bronx-whitestone-bridge/ "70th Birthday of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge"], The New York Times, April 29, 2009. Accessed January 4, 2024. "After just 22 months of construction, the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge opened to traffic 70 years ago today, rushed into completion for the start of the New York World’s Fair a day later.... Costing about $18,000,000, it is exceeded in length only by three other suspension bridges, the George Washington Bridge and the two over San Francisco Bay. The bridge’s freedom from heavy structural lines and ornamentation gives a breathtaking grace to the 2,300-foot center span and 3,770-foot overall length."

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The name of the subsection of Malba in northern Whitestone is derived from the first letters of the surnames of its five founders of the Malba Land Company: Maycock, Alling, Lewis, Bishop, and Avis. Malba is considered part of Whitestone, and is one of the more affluent communities in Queens.[http://qnsmade.co/history/malba/ "Northeastern Queens: Malba"], QNS Made. Accessed January 4, 2024. "Malba is an upperclass sub neighborhood of Whitestone Queens. Its name is derived from the 1st five letters of the surnames of the five founders of the Malba Land Company: Maycock, Alling, Lewis, Bishop & Avis." Demographically, the population is mostly white and of European descent (Greek, Italian, Irish), as well as Jewish, with a small minority of Asian Americans. Most of the residential properties in Malba are large expensive homes.

The first known resident of the area known as present-day Malba was David Roe, who arrived from England in the 1640s. According to Clarence Almon Torrey's book, David Roe Of Flushing And Some Of His Descendants, Roe became a resident of Flushing circa 1666. In 1683, Roe was taxed upon owning {{convert|35|acre|m2}} and thereafter increased his holdings substantially, ultimately acquiring the upland around what was to become Malba. Roe's farm was on the east side of the bay, which was then known as "Roe's Cove". He was among the most well-to-do citizens of Flushing, owning lands, farm stock, carpenter's tools and two slaves.{{citation needed|date=June 2009}}

In 1786, John Powell purchased Roe's {{convert|87|acre|m2|adj=on}} parcel for 1,685 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence. It has been reported that Roe lost his lands for his allegiance to the crown during the American War of Independence. Powell thereafter built a home and the cove was renamed "Powell's Cove", the name it bears today. During the 19th century, some of Powell's land passed into the hands of Harry Genet, a member of the Tammany Hall, New York City's infamous political machine. Powell's house was destroyed by fire in the 1890s.

During the second half of the 19th century, the Roe/Powell land passed to a succession of owners. A map dating from 1873 lists the Smiths, Biningers and Nostrands as landowners in the area. The Nostrand and Smith farms represented a large portion of what is Malba today. The area around Hill Court and 14th Avenue was known as "Whitestone Heights". In 1883 railroad service to Manhattan was extended on the "Whitestone and Westchester Railroad", later the Long Island Rail Road. The terminus of the Whitestone line was at "Whitestone Landing" (154th Street), a popular summer resort area during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

William Ziegler, a self-made industrialist and president of the Royal Baking Powder Company bought all these parcels in or about 1883 and his holdings became known as the "Ziegler Tract". Ziegler died on May 24, 1905, leaving his wife, Electa Matilda Ziegler (a philanthropist for the blind, among other things) and son, William Jr., then 14 years of age.

William S. Champ (Ziegler's former secretary) and W.C. Demarest (Mrs. Ziegler's nephew) (both to become among the first families residing in Malba) formed a Realty Trust to purchase the Ziegler tract from his estate for development purposes. Champ was vice president of the Realty Trust, and also one of the executors of Ziegler's estate. The Ziegler Tract had been appraised for $100,000 shortly after Ziegler's death. In the spring of 1906, the Realty Trust secured over 100 investors from New Haven, Guilford, Bridgeport, and other Connecticut towns, to the planned purchase of the Ziegler Tract. Based on a review of early maps of the area, the developers, at one point, planned a very densely populated community; with homes on lots no bigger than {{convert|20|ft|m}} wide. This plan was modified and much larger properties were developed. The trust represented to the investors that the property could be purchased from the Ziegler estate for $640,000. In fact, the {{convert|163|acre|km2}} which ultimately became Malba, had been earlier purchased from the Ziegler estate for $350,000. Thereafter such Connecticut residents as Samuel R. Avis, Noble P. Bishop, George W. Lewis, David R. Alling and George Maycock were elected trustees (altogether these were the five names that combined to form the MALBA name) of the Malba Land Company. The true, lesser, amount paid to Ziegler's estate was not uncovered until 1912. (For a complete discussion of the Realty Trust's acquisition of the land and its subsequent defense of a lawsuit from the Malba Land Company, see Crowe v. Malba Land Co., 135 N.Y.S. 454, 76 Misc. 676 (Sup. Ct. Queens Co. 1912)).

Development slowly began in 1908. A railroad station on the Whitestone line was added where 11th Avenue sits today. The Champs and Demarests were among Malba's first families to own homes in Malba. There were thirteen houses by the time of World War I and more than a hundred were built in the 1920s. The railroad station closed in 1932. The triangle by Malba Drive and 11th Avenue was dedicated as "Jane Champ Park" on November 16, 1969 and was renovated by the Malba Field and Marine Club in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.malba.org/gardenclub.htm|title=Garden Club of Malba|work=Malba Field & Marine Club|access-date=January 30, 2010}}

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Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Whitestone was 30,773, a decrease of 583 (1.9%) from the 31,356 counted in 2000. Covering an area of {{convert|1,584.85|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|19.4|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 68.1% (20,956) White, 0.8% (242) African American, 0.1% (18) Native American, 17.4% (5,362) Asian, 0.0% (2) Pacific Islander, 0.3% (90) from other races, and 1.1% (351) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 12.2% (3,752) 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 7, which comprises Flushing, College Point, and Whitestone, had 263,039 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.3 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-qn7.pdf|title=Flushing and Whitestone (Including Auburndale, Bay Terrace, College Point, East Flushing, Flushing, Queensboro Hill and Whitestone)|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019}}{{Rp|2, 20}} This is longer 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 | last=Short | first=Aaron | 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 middle-aged and elderly: 22% are between the ages of between 25 and 44, 30% between 45 and 64, and 18% over 65. The ratio of youth and college-aged residents was lower, at 17% and 7% respectively.{{Rp|2}}

As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 7 was $51,284.{{cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3604103-nyc-queens-community-district-7-flushing-murray-hill-whitestone-puma-ny/|title=NYC-Queens Community District 7--Flushing, Murray Hill & Whitestone PUMA, NY|publisher=Census Reporter|access-date=July 17, 2018}} In 2018, an estimated 25% of Whitestone and Flushing residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in seventeen residents (6%) 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 57% in Whitestone and Flushing, higher than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, Whitestone and Flushing are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.{{Rp|7}}

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Notable buildings in the community include St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church and Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church. The Grace Episcopal Church, on Clintonville street, was built in 1858 on land donated by the family of Francis Lewis.[http://www.gracechurchwhitestone.org/about About Us], Grace Episcopal Church. Accessed December 22, 2016. The Whitestone Hebrew Centre consists of two buildings on Clintonville Street and was founded in 1929. The Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, with its distinctive great blue onion dome (added in 1991 after the Cold War, previous building from 1916), was built in 1968.[https://oca.org/parishes/oca-ny-whisnc St. Nicholas Church; Whitestone, New York], Orthodox Church in America. Jason Antos book on Whitestone (2006, p.68) claims this church was gut rehabbed in 1965, not rebuilt from scratch. Accessed December 22, 2016. The Greek Orthodox Church, Holy Cross, or "Timios Stavros", is located on 150th Street.

The following companies currently operate or have operated out of Whitestone:

• Kinemacolor Company of America{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-40mFfGB4VMC&pg=PR24|title=A Guide To Silent Westerns|isbn=9780313278587|access-date=January 6, 2017|last1=Langman|first1=Larry|year=1992|publisher=Greenwood Publishing }}
• Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation founded by Sherman Fairchild{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=7890|title=Fairchild Recording Equipment Corp.; Whitestone manufacturer|website=www.radiomuseum.org}}
• Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd."[http://usa.lkk.com/Us/Enterprise/SalesContact/ContactUs Contact Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812125451/http://usa.lkk.com/Us/Enterprise/SalesContact/ContactUs |date=August 12, 2014 }}." Lee Kum Kee. Retrieved on October 3, 2014. "30-56 Whitestone Expressway, Suite #350, Whitestone, NY 11354 USA"
• Glacéau{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2013/01/31/glaceau-moves-to-new-hq/|first=Jennifer|last=Gould|title=Glaceau moves to new HQ|date=January 31, 2013|access-date=January 8, 2017}}
• White Rock Beverages{{cite web|url=http://www.yellowpages.com/whitestone-ny/mip/white-rock-products-corp-464946438|title=White Rock Products Corp|access-date=January 8, 2017}}
• World Journal{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-27/one-percenters-drop-six-figures-at-long-island-mall.html|title=One Percenters Drop Six Figures at Long Island Mall|author=Carol Hymowitz|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=October 27, 2014}}"[http://www.worldjournal.com/contact_us-e Contact Us] ([http://www.worldjournal.com/contact_us Page in Chinese]) World Journal. Retrieved on 2014-03-28. "New York Headquarters 141-07 20th Ave. Whitestone, NY 11357"
• Queens Tribune{{cite web|url=http://queenstribune.com/about-us/|title=About Us: Queens Tribune|access-date=February 17, 2017}}

Flushing, College Point, and Whitestone are patrolled by the 109th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 37-05 Union Street.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/109th-precinct.page|title=NYPD – 109th Precinct|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Police Department|access-date=October 3, 2016}} The 109th Precinct ranked 9th 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/flushing/|title=Whitestone and Flushing – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report|website=www.dnainfo.com|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415064326/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/queens/flushing|archive-date=April 15, 2017|url-status=dead}} {{As of|2018}}, with a non-fatal assault rate of 17 per 100,000 people, Whitestone and Flushing's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 145 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.{{Rp|8}}

The 109th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 83.7% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 6 murders, 30 rapes, 202 robberies, 219 felony assaults, 324 burglaries, 970 grand larcenies, and 126 grand larcenies auto in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-109pct.pdf|title=109th Precinct CompStat Report|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Police Department|access-date=July 22, 2018}}

Whitestone contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 295/Ladder Co. 144, at 12-49 149th Street Whitestone, NY 11357.{{cite web | title=Engine Company 295/Ladder Company 144 | website=FDNYtrucks.com | url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/queens/e295.htm | access-date=March 7, 2019}}{{Cite FDNY locations}}

{{As of|2018}}, preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Whitestone and Flushing than in other places citywide. In Whitestone and Flushing, there were 63 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 8 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).{{Rp|11}} Whitestone and Flushing have a higher than average population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%.{{Rp|14}}

The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Whitestone and Flushing is {{convert|0.0073|mg/m3|oz/ft3}}, less than the city average.{{Rp|9}} Thirteen percent of Whitestone and Flushing residents are smokers, which is lower than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.{{Rp|13}} In Whitestone and Flushing, 13% of residents are obese, 8% are diabetic, and 22% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively.{{Rp|16}} In addition, 15% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.{{Rp|12}}

Ninety-five percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 71% 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 Whitestone and Flushing, there are six bodegas.{{Rp|10}}

The nearest major hospitals are NewYork–Presbyterian/Queens and Flushing Hospital Medical Center.{{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 }}

Whitestone is covered by the ZIP Code 11357.{{cite web | title=Zip Code 11357, Whitestone, New York Zip Code Boundary Map (NY) | website=United States Zip Code Boundary Map (USA) | url=https://www.zipmap.net/zips/11357.htm | access-date=March 10, 2019}} The United States Post Office operates two post offices nearby:

• Whitestone Station – 14-44 150th Street{{cite web | title=Location Details: Whitestone | website=USPS.com | url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11355&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1387579&locationName=WHITESTONE&address2=&address1=1444+150TH+ST | access-date=March 7, 2019}}
• Linden Hill Station – 29-50 Union Street{{cite web | title=Location Details: Linden Hill | website=USPS.com | url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=11374&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1370518&locationName=LINDEN+HILL&address2=&address1=2950+UNION+ST+STE+A | access-date=March 7, 2019}}

Whitestone and Flushing generally have a similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. While 37% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 23% have less than a high school education and 40% 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 Whitestone and Flushing students excelling in math rose from 55% in 2000 to 78% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 57% to 59% during the same time period.{{Cite web|url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/QN_07_11.pdf|title=Flushing / Whitestone – QN 07|date=2011|publisher=Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy|access-date=October 5, 2016}}

Whitestone and Flushing's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Whitestone and Flushing, 9% 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}} 86% of high school students in Whitestone and Flushing graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.{{Rp|6}}

The New York City Department of Education operates public schools in the area, including P.S. 79 Francis Lewis,{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=School Detail for PS 79 FRANCIS LEWIS |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=11020&Miles=5&SchoolPageNum=6&ID=360012202314 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}} P.S. 184 Flushing Manor,{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=School Detail for PS 184 FLUSHING MANOR |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=11020&Miles=5&SchoolPageNum=5&ID=360012202637 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}} J.H.S. 194 William H. Carr,{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=School Detail for JHS 194 WILLIAM CARR |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=11020&Miles=5&SchoolPageNum=5&ID=360012202664 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}} P.S. 193 Alfred J Kennedy,{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=School Detail for PS 193 ALFRED J KENNEDY |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=11020&Miles=5&SchoolPageNum=6&ID=360012202661 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}} and P.S. 209 Clearview Gardens.{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=School Detail for PS 209 CLEARVIEW GARDENS |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=11020&Miles=5&SchoolPageNum=6&ID=360012202703 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}}

Private elementary/middle schools include Holy Trinity Catholic Academy{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=School Detail for HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC ACADEMY |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=11024&Miles=5&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&SchoolPageNum=1&ID=00925809 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}} and St Luke's School.{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=School Detail for ST LUKES SCHOOL |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=11024&Miles=5&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=00925831 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}}

Private secondary schools include Whitestone Academy (grades 8–12, split off from St Andrew Academy on the Sound){{Cite web |title=School Detail for WHITESTONE ACADEMY |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=02047943 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}} and The Lowell School (grades 3–12).{{Cite web |title=School Detail for THE LOWELL SCHOOL |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=11024&Miles=15&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=00940587 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}}

The Queens Public Library's Whitestone branch is located at 151-10 14th Road.{{cite web | title=Branch Detailed Info: Whitestone | website=Queens Public Library | url=https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/Whitestone/ | access-date=March 7, 2019}}

The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge carries Interstate 678 (Whitestone Expressway) to and from the Bronx, as Whitestone is located across the East River from the Bronx. The Cross Island Parkway merges into the Whitestone Expressway approximately {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} before the bridge. On the Bronx side, the bridge leads directly into the Bruckner Interchange, the northern terminus of I-678, where the Cross Bronx Expressway (Interstate 95 in New York to the west, Interstate 295 to the east), Bruckner Expressway (Interstate 278 to the west, I-95 to the east), and Hutchinson River Parkway meet. The segment of I-678 between the bridge and the Bruckner Interchange is a depressed freeway.

New York City Bus and MTA Bus Company serve Whitestone on the {{NYC bus link|Q15|Q15A|Q16|Q20A|Q20B|Q34|Q44 SBS|Q50|Q76|prose=y}} local routes and the {{NYC bus link|QM2|QM20|QM32|prose=y}} routes. Most of the local buses provide access to and from Flushing–Main Street on the IRT Flushing Line ({{NYCS trains|Flushing}}) of the New York City Subway. No subway service directly serves this neighborhood.{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}

The Whitestone Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road, running north and east from Flushing. It ran north along Flushing Bay and east along the East River to Whitestone. Originally intended to lead into Westchester County, it was consolidated into the Long Island Rail Road in 1876. Stations consisted of Flushing–Bridge Street, College Point, Malba, Whitestone–14th Avenue, and Whitestone Landing at 155th Street, which later became the Beechhurst Yacht Club. Flushing–Bridge Street Station was built in 1870, College Point, and Whitestone–14th Avenue stations were opened in 1869, and Whitestone Landing Station was built in 1886, all by the F&NS Railroad. Malba station was built in 1909 by the LIRR. The line was abandoned on February 15, 1932, despite efforts by affected commuters to turn the line into a privately operated shuttle route.Staff. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0CE6D71E3EE333A2575AC0A9659C946394D6CF&legacy=true "Whitestone Group Has Shuttle Plan; Board of Estimate Is Asked to Back Private Operation of Abandoned Line. No Cost to City Involved. Details With held Until Officials Indicate Opinion on Project for Queens Commuters."], The New York Times, March 9, 1932. Accessed August 2, 2016. "Commuters formerly served by the Whitestone branch line recently abandoned by the Long Island Railroad announced yesterday that they had a definite proposal for the conversion of the line into a rapid transit shuttle under private franchise operation, without capital or maintenance cost to the city."

Notable current and former residents of Whitestone (including Beechhurst and Malba):

{{Category see also|People from Whitestone, Queens}}

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• Gracie Allen (1895–1964), actress and comedian{{cite web |url=http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/it-s-called-a-great-place-to-live/article_4a3d2752-556e-550d-a969-ac5045dff5f8.html |title=It's Called a Great Place to Live |work=Queens Chronicle |date=June 18, 2014 |access-date=April 11, 2016}}
• Roberto Alomar (born 1968), retired Major League Baseball second baseman{{cite web |url=http://queenstribune.com/malba/ |title=Malba |date=March 31, 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2017}}
• Lottie Alter (1871–1924), actress[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27590220/lottie_alter_bradley_1924/ "Actress's Funeral"] Daily News (December 27, 1924): 16. via Newspapers.com
• Fatty Arbuckle (1887–1933), actor{{cite web |url=http://www.queenslibrary.org/kids/homework-help/biography/famous-people-of-queens-nm=&lnm=&loc=Beechhurst&ocp=&sort_by=title&sort_order=ASC|title=Famous People Of Queens|access-date=January 21, 2017}}
• Tony Avella (born 1951), NY State Senator he grew up in College Point{{cite web |url=http://nwyc.capwiz.com/bio/id/15987 |title=Sen. Tony Avella (D-NY 11th District) |access-date=December 21, 2016}}
• Ernest Ball (1878–1927), singer and songwriter{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39pEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA204 |title=The Musical Blue Book of America |year=1922 |access-date=January 20, 2017}}
• Jill E. Barad (born 1951), former CEO of Mattel{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/barbie-mom-back-school-article-1.710655 |first=Stephen |last=McFarland |title='Barbie's Mom' Back to School |website=New York Daily News |date=September 14, 1995 |access-date=January 2, 2017}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiV_HXPaodcC&pg=PA148 |title=The New CEOs: Women, African American, Latino, and Asian American Leaders of ... |isbn=9781442207677 |access-date=January 2, 2017|last1=Zweigenhaft |first1=Richard L. |last2=William Domhoff |first2=G. |date=July 16, 2011 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers }}
• Minnette Barrett (1880–1964), actress{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/22/minnette-barrett-actress-on-stage-and-in-vaudeville.html?_r=0 |title=Minnette Barrett, Actress On Stage and in Vaudeville |website=The New York Times |date=June 22, 1964 |access-date=January 12, 2017}}
• Richard Bassford (born 1936), artist{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
• Mike Baxter (born 1984), Major League Baseball outfielder{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/sports/baseball/the-kid-from-queens-comes-home.html |first=Sam |last=Borden |title=The Kid From Queens Comes Home |website=The New York Times |date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=December 10, 2016}}
• Willow Bay (born 1963), TV correspondent{{cite web |url=http://www.malba.org/residents.htm |title=Malba Residents |access-date=January 15, 2017}}
• Joyce Bell (born 1927), nursing teacher and entomologistSpence, John R.; Ball, George E.; Davidson, Robert L.; and Rykken, Jessica J. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3286264/ "‘Bellography’: Life and Contributions of Ross and Joyce Bell, two New England Naturalists"], ZooKeys, November 11, 2016. Accessed January 4, 2024. "In the following year Ross collected a new entomological companion through marriage to Joyce Elaine Rockenbach of Whitestone, Queens, New York City."
• Denis Belliveau (born 1964), photographer, author and explorer{{cite web |url=http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2009-11-19/Feature_Stories/Exploring_With_A_Legend_As_Guide.html |first=Bill |last=Mitchell |title=Exploring With A Legend As Guide: Queens Friends Followed Their Passion And Marco Polo |date=November 19, 2009 |access-date=January 7, 2017}}
• Bertha Belmore (1882–1953), actress{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58263259/ |title=Unknown |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=5 |date=June 19, 1931 |access-date=January 28, 2017 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53708881/ |title=Unknown |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=ff5 |date=July 7, 1941 |access-date=January 29, 2017 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |url=http://belmore.altervista.org/herbert-belmore/?doing_wp_cron=1486034805.2996079921722412109375 |title=Herbert Belmore 1875 – 1952 |date=November 10, 2016 |access-date=March 30, 2017}}
• Robert Benchley (1889–1945), actor and newspaper columnist{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GwGAQAAIAAJ&q=whitestone+landing+robert+benchley |title=Robert Benchley: A Biography |access-date=March 20, 2017|last1=Benchley |first1=Nathaniel |year=1955 }} "He had given up his room at the YMCA, and during the summer he shared a house in Whitestone Landing with a group of friends."
• Armando Benitez (born 1972), retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2001/01/05/mets-star-faces-new-batter-accusation/ |first=Rocco |last=Parascandola |title=Mets Star Faces New 'Batter' Accusation |date=January 5, 2001 |access-date=January 7, 2017}}
• Warren Berger (born 1958), journalist{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
• Maurice Black (1891–1938), actor{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuNkAAAAMAAJ&q=whitestone+long+island+motion+pictures|title=Character People|isbn=9780498016974|access-date=April 23, 2017|last1=Jones|first1=Ken D.|last2=McClure|first2=Arthur F.|last3=Twomey|first3=Alfred E.|year=1976|publisher=A. S. Barnes }}
• Tex Blaisdell (1920–1999), cartoonist{{cite web |url=http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/05/luminaries-of-ncs-tex-blaisdell.html |title=Luminaries of the NCS: Tex Blaisdell |date=May 26, 2010 |access-date=December 10, 2016}}
• Constance Binney (1896–1989), actress{{cite web |url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/constance_binney |title=My Heritage:Constance Binney |access-date=January 1, 2017}}
• Clara Bow (1905–1965), actress{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/13/nyregion/suspicion-of-arson-at-manor.html |first=Richard |last=Perez-Pena |title=Suspicion of Fire at Manor |website=The New York Times |date=March 13, 1995 |access-date=January 21, 2017}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmgyQaHUPm8C&pg=PA175 |title=Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild |isbn=9780815410256 |access-date=January 21, 2017|last1=Stenn |first1=David |year=2000 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}
• Borden Parker Bowne (1847–1910), Christian philosopher and theologian{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QXd49oi0FtsC&pg=PA66 |title=Dictionary of American Religious Biography |isbn=9780313278259 |access-date=January 13, 2017|last1=Bowden |first1=Henry Warner |year=1993 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing }}
• Sully Boyar (1924–2001), actor{{cite web |title=Sully Boyar, 77, Prolific Character Actor |website=The New York Times |date=April 14, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/14/arts/sully-boyar-77-prolific-character-actor.html |access-date=December 17, 2016}}
• Harry C. Bradley (1869–1947), actor[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27590220/lottie_alter_bradley_1924/ "Actress's Funeral"] Daily News (December 27, 1924): 16. via Newspapers.com
• Edward C. Braunstein (born in 1981), member of the New York State Assembly{{cite web |url=http://nyassembly.gov/mem/Edward-C-Braunstein/bio/ |title=Assemblyman Edward C. Braunstein Assembly District 26 |access-date=January 1, 2017}}
• Elton Britt (1913–1972), country singer
• Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952), children's book author{{cite web |url=http://www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=95014 |title=Brown, Margaret (1910 - 1952) |access-date=January 4, 2017}}
• Roscoe Brown (1922–2016), Tuskegee Airman{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/in-the-tapestry-of-queens-black-soldiers-inventors-musicians-statesmen-and-politicans-have-called-the-borough-home-1.703691 |first=Merle |last=English |title=In the Tapestry of Queens – Black soldiers, inventors, musicians, statesmen and politicians have called the borough home |date=February 22, 2004 |website=newsday.com|publisher=Newsday|access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Floyd Buckley (1877–1956), actor{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlzDIV6NKacC&pg=PA88 |title=Murray Leinster: The Life and Works |isbn=9780786487158 |access-date=January 22, 2017|last1=Stallings |first1=Billee J. |last2=Evans |first2=Jo-an J. |date=August 12, 2011 |publisher=McFarland }}
• George Burns (1896–1996), actor and comedian
• The Carpio Sextuplets (born 2008), first Hispanic sextuplets born in the United States{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/carpio-sextuplets-celebrate-birthday-sweet-fashion-article-1.380827 |first=Wil |last=Cruz |title=Carpio Sextuplets celebrate their first birthday |website=New York Daily News |date=October 6, 2009 |access-date=January 12, 2017}}
• Penelope Casas (1943–2013), cookbook author{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/nyregion/penelope-casas-spanish-food-author-dies-at-70.html |first=Paul |last=Vitello |title=Penelope Casas, Spanish Food Author, Dies at 70 |website=The New York Times |date=August 19, 2013 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Edmar Castañeda (born 1978), harpist{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324556304578121073473218126 |first=Tad |last=Hendrickson |title=Swinging With The Hippest Harpist |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=November 15, 2012 |access-date=January 19, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/20/edmarcastaneda_all_2012_05_17_q.html |first=Alex |last=Palmer |title=A change of harp |date=May 18, 2012 |access-date=January 20, 2017}}
• John Cena (born 1977), wrestler{{cite web |url=http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2013/10/whitestone-doesnt-want-high-school.html |title=Queens Crap: Whitestone doesn't want high school |date=October 6, 2013 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}"John Cena Whitestone, NY As a professional wrestler & an owner of a very expensive home in Whitestone, we don't need those little jimmies polluting our streets"{{cite web |url=https://www.nakedapartments.com/nyc/whitestone-apartments |title=Whitestone Apartments Queens |access-date=April 12, 2017}}
• Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961), writer, editor and Soviet spy{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzkFpiXCF8wC&pg=PT85 |title=Whittaker Chambers: A Biography |isbn=9780307789266 |access-date=January 12, 2017|last1=Tanenhaus |first1=Sam |date=April 20, 2011 |publisher=Random House Publishing }}
• Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), actor
• John Charles (1885–1921), actor{{cite web |url=http://willbradley.com/work/film/bitter-fruit-aka-the-black-lagoon/john-charles-the-villain-of-the-movies/ |title=John Charles, the Villain of the Movies |access-date=February 16, 2017}}
• Julie Chen (born 1970), journalist{{cite web |url=http://queenstribune.com/whitestone/ |title=Whitestone |date=March 31, 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2017}}
• H. Cooper Cliffe (1862–1939), actor{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyk_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA157 |title=Who's Who In The Theatre |year=1922 |access-date=January 19, 2017}}
• Andrew Climie (1834–1897), businessman and politician{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CztAAAAAYAAJ&q=Andrew+Climie+whitestone&pg=PA194|title= History of the University of Michigan|date=1906|access-date=November 25, 2019|last1= Hinsdale|first1= Burke Aaron|isbn= 9780722201237}}
• DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), mayor Of New York City{{cite web |url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2008/02/whitestone-queens/ |title=Whitestone, Queens |date=February 1, 2008 |access-date=December 8, 2016}}
• Stuart Cohn, TV producer{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=o4huG9H1n4IC&q=Whitestone+queens+hollywood&pg=PA176|title= Five Flights Up: and Other New York Apartment Stories|isbn= 9781568986708|access-date=January 1, 2021|last1= Schlesinger|first1= Toni|date= April 17, 2012|publisher= Chronicle Books}}
• Charles S. Colden (1885–1960), Queens Supreme Court Justice, Founder of Queens College
• Wilson Collison (1893–1941), author and playwright{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4TNXDqZIMUC&pg=PA1404 |title=Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Library of Congress |year=1911 |access-date=January 22, 2017}}
• Ben Cooper (1933–2020), actor{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlzDIV6NKacC&pg=PA89 |title=Murray Leinster: The Life and Works |isbn=9780786487158 |access-date=January 21, 2017|last1=Stallings |first1=Billee J. |last2=Evans |first2=Jo-an J. |date=August 12, 2011 |publisher=McFarland }}
• Alice Crimmins (born 1939), convicted murderer{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQsUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT298 |title=The Alice Crimmins Case |isbn=9781629213491 |access-date=January 7, 2017|last1=Gross |first1=Kenneth |date=October 15, 2013 |publisher=Kenneth Gross }}
• Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), actress{{cite web |url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2007/11/the-tower-of-whitestone/ |first=Jason D. |last=Antos |title=The Tower Of Whitestone |date=November 5, 2007 |access-date=December 10, 2016}}
• Gussie Davis (1863–1899), songwriterDavis, Gussie L.; Wright, Josephine R.B.; Lucas, Sam (Autumn 1978). "In Retrospect: Gussie Lord Davis (1863–1899), Tin Pan Alley Tunesmith". The Black Perspective in Music. 6 (2): 188–230.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=steLXpuOONEC&pg=PT104|title=Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events |isbn=9781578594252 |access-date=December 9, 2017|last1=Smith |first1=Jessie Carney |date=December 2012 |publisher=Visible Ink Press }}
• Frederic De Belleville (1855–1923), actor{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5osAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA46 |title=Who's who in the Theatre Volume 3 |year=1916 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}
• Drea de Matteo (born 1972), actress{{cite web |url=http://queenstribune.com/whitestone-home-to-yesterdays-stars-and-celebrities/ |first=Joe |last=Marvilli |title=Whitestone: Home To Yesterday's Stars And Celebrities |date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=December 8, 2016}}
• Doris Doscher (1882–1970), actress and model"Mrs. H. William Baum, Model For Liberty Quarter, Dies At 88," New York Times, March 13, 1970, p. 39.
• Simeon Draper (1804–1866), chairman of the New York Republican State Committee{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07EEDD103DE53BBC4E53DFB767838D679FDE&legacy=true |title=Illness of Simeon Draper |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 8, 1866 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• J. Malcolm Dunn (1869–1946), actor{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA213 |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3rd Edition |isbn=9780786479924 |access-date=February 10, 2017|last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |date=August 22, 2016 |publisher=McFarland }}
• Eddie Egan (1930–1995), NYPD detective{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
• Dustin Farnum (1874–1929), singer, dancer, and actor{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |isbn=9781476609058 |access-date=January 16, 2017|last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |date=May 20, 2015 |publisher=McFarland }}
• Fred Fear, founder of Fred Fear & Company
• Tom Fexas (1941–2006), yacht designer
• Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868–1938), businessman, founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
• The Fleshtones, garage rock band{{cite web |url=http://jerrysaravia.blogspot.com/2013/12/elusive-commercial-success-make.html |title=Pardon Us for Living but the Graveyard Is Full (2009) |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Hazel Forbes (1910–1980), actress{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/157293895/ |title=Unknown |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |page=16 |date=July 16, 1939 |access-date=January 21, 2017 |url-access=subscription}}
• John Frankenheimer (1930–2002), film director{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/frankenheimer.htm |title=Frankenheimer, John, U.S. Director |access-date=January 15, 2017}}
• Adam Garner (1898–1969), pianist and composer{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiIvAAAAMAAJ&q=adam+garner+whitestone |title=Music Journal, Volume 34 |year=1976 |access-date=January 21, 2017}} "Adam Garner taught piano privately in his home in Whitestone, Queens until his death in 1968."
• Rose Girone (1912-2025), Holocaust survivor{{cite web |url=http://www.jta.org/2025/02/24/ny/knitting-legend-rose-girone-worlds-oldest-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-113 |title=Knitting legend Rose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113 |date=February 24, 2025 |access-date=February 25, 2025}}
• Paulette Goddard (1910–1990), actress
• Stan Goldberg (1932–2014), comic book artist{{cite web |url=http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Other/161924/At-Home-with-Stan-and-Pauline-Goldberg |first=Aimee Fitzpatrick |last=Martin |title=At Home with Stan and Pauline Goldberg |date=August 14, 2008 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707062429/http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Other/161924/At-Home-with-Stan-and-Pauline-Goldberg |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Brian Gorman (born 1959), umpire in Major League BaseballO'Connell, Jack. [http://m.mlb.com/news/article/3560281// "Umpire Gorman to make Shea history"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008184709/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/3560281// |date=October 8, 2016 }}, Major League Baseball. Accessed July 9, 2016. "Home for the Gormans was the Whitestone section of Queens, just north of Shea, until the family moved to Closter, N.J., in the mid-1960s."
• Tom Gorman (1919–1986), umpire in Major League Baseball
• Oscar Graeve, writer for the Saturday Evening Post
• Jimmy Greco, Grammy nominated producer{{cite web |url=https://about.me/jimmygreco |title=Jimmy Greco: Official Twitter |access-date=January 17, 2017}}
• Angela Greene (1921–1978), actress{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPcKAQAAMAAJ&q=whitestone+long+island+theatre |title=Motion Picture, Volume 73, Part 2 - Volume 74, Part 2 |year=1947 |access-date=February 15, 2017}} "When that short reached Whitestone's Rialto Theatre, the manager starred "Our Own Angela Greene" above the big name players in the feature films."
• Michael Greenfield (born 1963), racing driver{{cite web |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/michael-greenfield/ |title=Michael Greenfield, Racing career profile |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Dan Halloran (born 1971,Auburndale), former member of the New York City Council{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/nyregion/queens-republicans-endorse-daniel-halloran-for-congress.html |first=Sarah Maslin |last=Nir |title=Queens G.O.P. Endorses Halloran For Congress |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 25, 2012 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Arthur Hammerstein (1872–1955), Broadway producer, uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1982ArthurHammersteinHouse.pdf |title=Arthur Hammerstein House |date=July 27, 1982 |access-date=January 9, 2017}}
• Charles Henry Hansen (1913–1995), music publisherDwellings Dominate Long Island Trading, New York Times, May 8, 1951
• Frank Harding, music publisher{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8hBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA845 |title=Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles, Issues 340-352 |year=1898 |access-date=January 22, 2017}}
• Lumsden Hare (1874–1964), actor{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDpGAQAAMAAJ&q=whitestone+landing+actor|title=The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1870-1919: 1912-1919|date=1975|work=The New York Times|isbn=9780405066641|access-date=January 3, 2020}}
• Heart Attack, hardcore punk band{{cite web |url=http://morethanawitnessarchive.blogspot.com/2010/03/heart-attack-new-york-theatre-ensemble.html |title=Heart Attack: New York Theatre Ensemble, New York, NY. 1.12.81. Soundboard Recording |date=March 6, 2010 |access-date=January 6, 2017}}
• Holmes Herbert (1882–1956), actor{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iXqFB-YFYpYC&pg=PA150 |title=Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids: Twenty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood |isbn=9780786490455 |access-date=January 20, 2017|last1=Nissen |first1=Axel |date=January 10, 2014 |publisher=McFarland }}
• Alexander Herrmann (1844–1896), magician{{cite web |url=http://conjuringarts.org/2016/03/images-from-egyptian-hall-alexander-herrmann/ |first=Mike |last=Caveney |title=Images from Egyptian Hall: Alexander Herrmann |date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Christopher Higgins (born 1983), New York Rangers forward{{cite web |url=http://www.jacksonevents.ca/tag/hockey/page/19/ |title=Jackson Events |access-date=December 22, 2016}}
• Frank T. Hines (1879–1960), chief of the U.S. Veterans Bureau
• Willie and Eugene Howard, comedy duo{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/59991438 |title=Unknown |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=30 |date=August 28, 1928 |access-date=April 11, 2017 |url-access=subscription}} "Tom Patricola, of George White's "Scandals" at the Apollo, has bought a home at Beechhurst, L. I. Already residing there are Harry Rlchman, Willie and Eugene Howard Dnd Rose Perfect. Ann Pennington and Frances Williams have rented summer cottages there.
• Harry Houdini (1874–1926), magician
• Graham Ingels (1915–1991), illustrator{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRDaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114 |title=The EC Archives: the Haunt of Fear Volume 2, Volume 2 |date=February 1, 2017|isbn=9781616557737 |last1=Feldstein |first1=Albert B. |last2=Gaines |first2=William M. |publisher=Dark Horse Comics }}
• John William Isham (1866–1902), vaudevillian{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
• Burl Ives (1909–1995), actor and singer{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=skkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA82 |title=LIFE Magazine |date=July 2, 1945 |access-date=March 20, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/97431144/ |title=Unknown |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |page=16|date=January 8, 1945|access-date=April 12, 2017 |url-access=subscription |quote=During the Boston tryout of "Sing Out Sweet Land," Burl Ives disappeared for week. The Theatre Guild's officials went to Whitestone Landing, where Ives had a houseboat, and maintained a watch for the missing minstrel. Ives left because ojected to singing "Frankie and Johnnie," which now stops show.}}
• Chic Johnson (1891–1962), actor and comedian{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58263814// |title=Unknown |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=6 |date=July 19, 1932 |access-date=April 11, 2017 |url-access=subscription}}
• Howard Johnson (born 1960), retired Major League Baseball third baseman
• Selene Johnson (1876–1960), actress
• Helen Kane (1904–1966), singer
• Artie Kaplan (born 1935), musician, singer-songwriter and saxophonist{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9SiC_XxZ5sC&q=musicians+who+lived+in+whitestone+long+island&pg=PA77 |title=Benny Allen was a Star: A New York Music Story |isbn=9781451538076 |access-date=February 16, 2017|last1=Lorber |first1=Alan |year=2010 |publisher=Iris Music }}
• Katerina Katakalides (born 1998), model and 2016 Teen Miss New YorkKrichevsky, Sophie. [https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/iconic-whitestone-lanes-could-close/article_2b57b3b8-0b98-11ee-b524-efabeeed665f.html "Iconic Whitestone Lanes could close"], Queens Chronicle, June 15, 2023. Accessed January 4, 2024. "Katerina Katakalides grew up in an apartment building right next to the bowling alley."
• Buster Keaton (1895–1966), actor and director
• Kick Kelly (1856–1926), catcher, manager and umpire for Major League Baseball{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUe37F9gN00C&pg=PA360 |title=The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia |isbn=9781402736254 |access-date=January 7, 2017|last1=Palmer |first1=Pete |last2=Gillette |first2=Gary |last3=Shea |first3=Stuart |last4=Silverman |first4=Matthew |last5=Spira |first5=Greg |year=2006 |publisher=Sterling Publishing Company }}
• Alfred J. Kennedy (1877–1944), politician{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/07/29/archives/alfred-j-kennedy-of-ueens-66-dies-public-administrator-exstate.html|title=Alfred J. Kennedy of Queens, 66, Dies; Public Administrator, Ex-State Senator and Assemblyman-Close Friend of President|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 29, 1944}}
• Andy Kindler (born 1956), actor and comedian{{cite web |url=https://www.nypost.com/2015/05/16/the-comic-who-calls-louis-c-k-pretentious-and-jimmy-fallon-a-phony/amp/?client=safari |first=Larry |last=Getlen |title=The Comic Who Calls Louis C.K. 'Pretentious' And Jimmy Fallon 'A Phony' |date=May 16, 2015 |access-date=January 2, 2017}}
• Robert A. Kindler, business executive{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXPWAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT132 |title=A Giant Cow-Tipping by Savages: The Boom, Bust, and Boom Culture of M&A |isbn=9781137397751 |access-date=January 21, 2017|last1=Close |first1=John Weir |date=October 15, 2013 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing }}
• John Reed King (1914–1979), radio and television host
• April Kingsley (1941–2023), art critic{{cite web |url=https://provincetownindependent.org/obituaries/2023/06/21/art-historian-critic-and-curator-april-kingsley-dies-at-82/|title=Art Historian, Critic, and Curator April Kingsley Dies at 82|date=June 21, 2023|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
• Eugene Kohn (1887–1977), opera conductor{{cite web |url=http://palisadesny.com/people/profile-eugene-kohn-maestro-residence/|first=Kathryn|last=Shattuck|title=A Profile - Eugene Kohn, Maestro in Residence|date=March 1, 2012|access-date=February 26, 2018}}
• Winifred Kingston (1894–1967), actress
• Charles Kramer (1916–1988), lawyer{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/25/obituaries/charles-kramer-72-lawyer-in-manhattan.html |title=Charles Kramer, 72, Lawyer in Manhattan |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 25, 1988 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882–1947), mayor of New York City{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/valentinos-on-the-green/ |title=Valentino's on the Green |work=NYMag.com |access-date=April 11, 2016}}
• Joey "Fitness" Lasalla, contestant on The Amazing Race{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/holbrook-danny-horal-native-on-amazing-race-1.3477886 |title=Holbrook Danny Horal native on 'Amazing Race' |access-date=January 8, 2017}}
• Brian Lehrer (born 1952), radio talk show{{cite web |url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2010/34/bt_lehrer_profile_20100819.html |first=Nathan |last=Duke |title=Bayside woman's essays on life get published |date=August 25, 2010 |access-date=March 24, 2017}}
• Warren Lehrer, author and artist
• Mickey Leigh (born 1954), musician and author, brother of Joey Ramone{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-XEue9aYEiMC&pg=PA232 |title=I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Memoir |isbn=9780743252164 |access-date=January 22, 2017|last1=Leigh |first1=Mickey |last2=McNeil |first2=Legs |date=December 2009 |publisher=Simon and Schuster }}
• Murray Leinster (1896–1975), science fiction author{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlzDIV6NKacC&pg=PA87 |title=Murray Leinster: The Life and Works |isbn=9780786487158 |access-date=January 7, 2017|last1=Stallings |first1=Billee J. |last2=Evans |first2=Jo-an J. |date=August 12, 2011 |publisher=McFarland }}
• Francis Lewis (1713–1802), Declaration Of Independence signer{{cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/francis-lewis-park |title=Francis Lewis Park |access-date=December 10, 2016}}
• Larry Lindsey (born 1954), Federal Reserve governor
• June Lockhart (born 1925), lived on North Drive in Malba and was back door neighbor to 14 Center Drive
• Ronnie the Limo Driver (born 1949) from the Howard Stern radio show{{cite web |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/10/05/whitestone-residents-protest-proposed-high-school/ |title=Whitestone Residents Up In Arms Over Proposed High School « CBS New York |date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=April 11, 2016}}
• Tommy Lucchese (1899–1967), mobster{{cite web |url=http://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/tommy-lucchese-the-quiet-don-in-malba/article_35483f16-cd56-5fe1-be03-340aa3ccfc45.html |first=Ron |last=Marzlock |title=Tommy Lucchese, the quiet don in Malba |date=November 23, 2011}}
• Charles Hill Mailes (1870–1937), actor{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6txNAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA15-PA10 |title=The New York Dramatic Mirror, Volume 63 |year=1910 |access-date=April 6, 2017}} "He was instrumental in selling to Charles Hills Mailes, the Howard Jeffries Sr., of The Third Degree a fine piece of property at Beechhurst, L. I. where Mr. Mailes will make his home hereafter."
• Thalia Mara (1911–2003), ballet educator{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yLFQAAAAYAAJ&q=Malba+Whitestone+Long+Island |title=Canadian Patent Office Record |access-date=January 28, 2017|last1=Patent Office |first1=Canada |year=1959 }}
• Jesse Malin (born 1967), musician{{cite web |url=http://www.teacherweb.com/NY/PS193Q/MsKrinitz/gallery4.st |title= Jesse Malin, by class 5-301* |access-date=January 2, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.noecho.net/lists/queens-new-york-hardcore |first=Carlos |last=Ramirez |title=Queens, New York: A Look at NYHC Ground Zero |date=February 11, 2015 |access-date=January 2, 2017}}
• D. Keith Mano (1942–2016), author, TV screenwriter and journalist{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/books/d-keith-mano-author-whose-focus-was-christianity-dies-at-74.html |first=William |last=Grimes |title=D. Keith Mano, Author Whose Focus Was Christianity, Dies At 74 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2017}}
• Patricia Marmont (1921–2020), actress
• Percy Marmont (1883–1977), actor
• Stella Mayhew (1874–1934), actress{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TswfAAAAIAAJ&q=beechhurst+long+island|title=A Minstrel Town|access-date=May 3, 2017|last1=Revett|first1=Marion S.|year=1955}}
• John Maynard (1786–1850), lawyer and politician{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA1522 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005 |isbn=9780160731761 |access-date=January 6, 2017|last1=Congress |first1=United States |last2=Dodge |first2=Andrew R. |last3=Koed |first3=Betty K. |year=2005 |publisher=Government Printing Office }}
• Bobby McDermott (1914–1963), basketball player and coach{{cite web |url=https://sports.vice.com/ca/article/forgotten-man-bobby-mcdermott-and-the-rise-of-pro-basketball |first=Jeff |last=Katz |title=Forgotten Man: Bobby McDermott and the Rise of Pro Basketball |date=September 6, 2016 |access-date=January 4, 2017}}
• Claire McDowell (1877–1966), actress{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3wNAQAAIAAJ&q=beechhurst+long+island&pg=RA1-PA40|title=Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines, Volume 9|year=1915|access-date=May 3, 2017}}
• John McHugh Sr. (1924–2019), World War II veteran{{cite web |url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/mchugh-co-naming-push-comes-to-cb/article_f0f9682f-5925-51b8-b1c7-7055578594bc.html|title=McHugh co-naming push comes to CB 7

|date=January 17, 2019|access-date=December 20, 2019}}

• Beryl Mercer (1882–1939), actress
• Matthew J. Merritt (1895–1946), member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{cite web |url=http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/18149 |title=MERRITT, Matthew Joseph 1895–1946 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Steven Molaro (born 1972), creator of The Big Bang TheoryCarroll, LLoyd. [https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/what-s-new-on-traditional-tv/article_fb082778-1111-5731-b3f5-286166bc1c49.html "What’s new on traditional TV"], Queens Chronicle, August 24, 2017. Accessed August 28, 2023. "As has long been the case, CBS was America’s most-watched network last year, and it’s debuting what would appear the most foolproof new show of the fall: Young Sheldon, a spinoff from its wildly popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory.. Whitestone native Steven Molaro serves as an executive producer."
• Malcolm Moran, sportswriter{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2007/09/02/the-rumble-34/ |title=The Rumble |date=September 2, 2007 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}
• Clara Morris (1848–1925), actress{{cite web |url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00742 |title=Morris, Clara, 1848-1925. Diaries of Clara Morris, 1867-1924: A Finding Aid |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Andy Narell (born 1954), jazz musician and composer{{cite web|url=http://carsonscrafts.com/igas/igas_1963.htm|title=I've Got a Secret - 1963|access-date=June 4, 2017|archive-date=April 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430002737/http://carsonscrafts.com/igas/igas_1963.htm|url-status=dead}} Victor Freeman, Jeff Narell, Walt (last name unintelligible), Arthur Finman, Andrew (Andy) Narell (age 8), all of Whitestone, NY
• Jill Nicolini (born 1978), reporter and former model, actress, and reality TV show participant{{cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/jill-nicolini-welcomed-in-her-wnywchannel-5-debut/44998 |first=Jerry |last=Barmash |title=Jill Nicolini Welcomed in her WNYW Channel 5 Debut |date=October 3, 2011 |access-date=January 4, 2017|quote=After that, Kelly asked the new hire about her ties to New York (Farmingville in Suffolk County), where she went to college (Stony Brook, with her Masters in Communication Arts at New York Institute of Technology), and where she lives (Whitestone, Queens)}}
• Daniel A. Nigro (born 1948), FDNY Fire Commissioner{{cite web |url=http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/new-fdny-commish-a-whitestone-guy/article_bc80e445-1d55-5340-acb3-157a1d48116e.html |first=Liz |last=Rhoades |title=New FDNY commish a Whitestone guy |date=May 15, 2014 |access-date=December 10, 2016}}
• John Nihill (1850–1908), U.S. Army soldier{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/06/02/104728269.pdf |title=Indian Fighter's Funeral; Sergt. Nihill Was Famous in War and Got a Medal from Congress |date=June 2, 1908 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Gloria Okon, TV personality
• Vickie Paladino (born 1954), politician, member of the New York City Council for the 19th district{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/11/07/nyc-councilwoman-vickie-paladino-reelected-in-northern-queens |title=NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino reelected in northern Queens|website=New York Daily News |date=November 8, 2023|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
• Bianca Pappas, first Miss Whitestone United States 2011, and later competed in Miss New York USA{{cite web |url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2011/23/at_miss_ny_usa_20110602.html |first=Connor Adams |last=Sheets |title=Whitestone girl wins pageant |date=October 12, 2011 |access-date=December 10, 2016}}
• Ishle Yi Park, poet{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/nyregion/public-lives-singing-a-song-of-queens-actually-belting-it-out.html |first=Robert F. |last=Worth |title=Public Lives; Singing a Song (Actually, Belting It Out) |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 29, 2004 |access-date=March 30, 2017}}
• Norman Parsons (1931–2013), former mayor of Sea Cliff, New York{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/norman-parsons-former-sea-cliff-mayor-dies-1.4772977 |first=Bill |last=Breyer |title=Norman Parsons, former Sea Cliff mayor, dies |date=March 8, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2017}}
• Anne Paolucci (1926–2012), author and literary scholar{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA432 |title=International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 |isbn=9781857431797 |access-date=March 31, 2017|last1=Publications |first1=Europa |year=2003 |publisher=Psychology Press }}
• Tom Patricola (1891–1950), actor, comedian and dancer
• Ann Pennington (1893–1971), actress, dancer and singer
• Lila Perl (1921–2013), author{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6XzQNWE1rMC&pg=PA149 |title=Popular Nonfiction Authors for Children: A Biographical and Thematic Guide |isbn=9781563084089 |access-date=April 1, 2017|last1=Wyatt |first1=Flora |last2=Coggins |first2=Margaret |last3=Imber |first3=Jane Hunter |year=1998 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}
• Mary Pickford (1892–1979), actress
• Lew Pollack (1895–1946), songwriter{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bPJLAAAAYAAJ&q=beechhurst+li |title=Who is who in Music |access-date=January 20, 2017|last1=Frankenstein |first1=Alfred Victor |last2=Spaeth |first2=Sigmund Gottfried |last3=Mize |first3=John Townsend Hinton |year=1929 }} "Pollack, Lew — Composer, Beechhurst, L. I. "
• Joshua Prager (born 1949), physician{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/21/style/dr-marie-csete-and-dr-joshua-prager-are-wed.html |title=Dr. Marie Csete and Dr. Joshua Prager Are Wed |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 21, 1987 |access-date=December 10, 2016}}
• Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), Ramones bassist{{cite web |url=http://tunlaw.org/deedeer.htm |title=Dee Dee Ramone DEAD |access-date=December 10, 2016}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbHeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT567 |title=Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History of Punk |isbn=9780802192769 |access-date=January 5, 2017|last1=McNeil |first1=Legs |last2=McCain |first2=Gillian |date=January 28, 2014 |publisher=Grove/Atlantic }}
• Albert B. Randall (1879–1945), Knight (Chevalier) of the Legion D'Honnere, Rear Admiral, USNR Highest ranking non-military officer leading the U.S.Merchant Marines 1943-45
• Nicholas Rescher (1928–2024), philosopher{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lh-Pwr_ui7YC&pg=PA27 |title=Enlightening Journey: The Autobiography of an American Scholar |isbn=9780739104224 |access-date=January 7, 2017|last1=Rescher |first1=Nicholas |year=2002 |publisher=Lexington Books }}
• Harry Richman (1895–1972), actor and singer. In 1963 his mansion, next to BPOA, was Hellen Tasopulos' St Andrew Academy on the Sound, which by 1972 included a junior college, but was impounded by the IRS in 1977.
• Artie Ripp (born 1940), music industry executive, entrepreneur and record producer
• Richard Roth (born 1955), journalist{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeMCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 |title=New York Magazine Jun 22, 1992 |date=June 22, 1992 |access-date=January 6, 2017}}
• Douglas Rushkoff (born 1961), media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQjaCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28 |title=The World's Best Cities: Celebrating 220 Great Destinations |isbn=9781426213786 |access-date=January 5, 2017|last3=Bellows |first3=Keith |year=2014 |publisher=National Geographic Books }}
• George Santos (born 1988), politician and businessman{{Cite web|url=https://projects.newsday.com/voters-guide/profile/george-a-d-santos|title=George A. D. Santos|accessdate=November 9, 2022}}
• Gia Scala (1934–1972), actress{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Gia-Scala-The-First-ebook/dp/B00PERNTQG|title=Gia Scala: The First Gia|first1=Sterling Saint|last1=James|first2=Tina|last2=Scala|date=December 9, 2014|publisher=Parhelion House |via=Amazon}}
• Joseph M. Schenck (1878–1961), film producer
• John F. Scileppi (1902–1987), judge of the New York Court of Appeals
• Charles H. Sneff (1841–1911), sugar merchant{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IxwxAQAAMAAJ&q=Charles+senff+Whitestone+died&pg=PA742|title=Coffee and Tea Industries and the Flavor Field, Volume 34|year=1911|access-date=May 7, 2017}}
• William Shea (1907–1991), lawyer, founder of the Continental League, namesake for Shea Stadium
• Flora Sheffield, actress{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5OHAAAAIAAJ|title=Who's who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage|year=1933|access-date=May 6, 2017}}
• Claire Shulman (1926–2020), former Queens Borough President{{cite web |url=http://www.queenslibrary.org/kids/homework-help/biography/famous-people-of-queens?nm=&lnm=&loc=Whitestone&ocp=&sort_by=title&sort_order=ASC |title=Famous People of Queens |access-date=December 21, 2016}}
• Fred Spira (1924–2007), inventor{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/arts/14spira.html |title=Fred Spira, 83, Who Made Photo Gadgets Accessible, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 14, 2007 |access-date=January 7, 2017|last1=Hevesi |first1=Dennis }}
• Vincent Starrett (1886–1974), author and newspaperman{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfL-CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT120 |title=Marblehead: Lovecraft, Book 2 |isbn=9781473208605 |access-date=January 31, 2017|last1=Lupoff |first1=Richard A. |date=April 28, 2016 |publisher=Orion }}
• Leonard P. Stavisky (1925–1999), New York State Senator{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/22/nyregion/leonard-p-stavisky-state-senator-dies-at-73.html |first=Wolfgang |last=Saxon |title=Leonard P. Stavisky, State Senator, Dies at 73 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 22, 1999 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Toby Ann Stavisky (born 1939), New York State Senator
• William Stickles (1882–1971), composer{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hkSAQAAMAAJ&q=malba+long+island+copyright |title=Canadian Patent Office Record, Volume 76, Part 2 |access-date=February 17, 2017|last1=Patent Office |first1=Canada |date=April 1948 }}
• Leland L. Summers (1891–1927), consulting engineer{{cite web |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/03/11/118504890.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|title= L. L. Summers Dies; A Noted Engineer: Technical Adviser to the War Industries Board Found Lifeless in His Bed|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 11, 1927|access-date=February 18, 2024}}
• Norma Talmadge (1894–1957), actress{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rl4hAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT848 |title=Motion Picture Classic, Volumes 3-4 |year=1915 |access-date=January 31, 2017}}
• Howard Thurston (1869–1936), magician
• Mike Tirico (born 1966), sportscaster{{cite web |url=http://frostsnow.com/mike-tirico |title=Mike Tirico Biography |date=January 9, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2016}}
• Carmine Tramunti (1910–1978), Underworld crime figure{{cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Morris |title=Mafioso Indicted in Contempt Case |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/10/05/90997572.pdf |access-date=November 29, 2011 |newspaper=New York Times |date=November 30, 1972}}
• Herb Turetzky (1945–2022), official scorer for the Brooklyn Nets for 54 years, including all of its incarnations, starting with the franchise's inaugural game in 1967Sandomir, Richard. [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/sports/basketball/herb-turetzky-dead.html "Herb Turetzky, Nets’ Official Scorer for 54 Years, Dies at 76"], The New York Times, April 7, 2022. Accessed April 7, 2022. "Herb Turetzky, a passionate basketball fan who was the official scorer for nearly every home game played by the nomadic Brooklyn Nets franchise from its inception in 1967 until his retirement last year, died on Monday at his home in Whitestone, Queens."
• Walter Underhill (1795–1866), member of the United States House of RepresentativesUnderhill Society of America, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ye8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA7-PA28 Annual Report], 1904, page 28
• Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926), actor
• Christina Vidal (born 1981), singer and actress
• Lisa Vidal (born 1965), actress{{cite web |url=http://itsqueens.com/?p=953 |first=Chase |last=Collum |title=Being' Lisa Vidal: Actress Talks Life, Work & Growing Up in Whitestone |date=June 11, 2015 |access-date=January 3, 2017}}
• Percival Vivian (1890–1961), actor{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpkcdPhyMZoC&pg=PA29 |first=Rose |last=Hobart |title=A Steady Digression to a Fixed Point |year=1994 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810828629 |access-date=April 7, 2017}}
• Arthur W. Wallander (1892–1980), former New York City Police Commissioner{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53868634/ |title=Unknown |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=6 |date=August 25, 1948 |url-access=subscription}}
• Benjamin Ward (1925–2002), former New York City Police Commissioner{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2002/06/15/final-salute-for-ex-top-cop-ward/ |first=Stefan C. |last=Friedman |title=FINAL SALUTE FOR EX-TOP COP WARD |date=June 15, 2002 |access-date=January 9, 2017}}
• Jacob B. Warlow (1818–1890), law enforcement officer, detective and police captain in the New York Police Department{{cite web |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1890-08-28/ed-1/seq-6/ |title=Obituary |date=August 28, 1890|page=6 }}
• John B. Watson (1878–1958), psychologist
• Hy Weiss (1923–2007), record producer{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3zdJ66VAOQC&q=hy+weiss+whitestone&pg=PA217 |title=Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers |isbn=9780252094019 |access-date=February 16, 2017|last1=Broven |first1=John |date=August 11, 2011 |publisher=University of Illinois Press }}
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892), poet
• Charles Yerkow (1912–1994), author{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wCb9T70d18C&q=whitestone+long+island+patent |title=The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks |year=1954 |access-date=February 17, 2017}} How to Play Championship Baseball. By Charles Yerkow, of Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
• John Lloyd Young (born 1975), singer, actor and composer{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/theater/newsandfeatures/march-of-the-falsetto-out-of-the-shower-onto.html |first=Jesse |last=McKinley |title=March Of The Falsetto: Out Of The Shower, Onto Broadway |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 6, 2005 |access-date=January 14, 2017}}
• Peter Zaremba, musician and TV host{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/fleshtones-050902/ |first=Charlotte |last=Robinson |title=Hitting the Beachhead and Coming on Strong: An Interview With the Fleshtones' Peter Zaremba |date=September 2, 2005 |access-date=January 7, 2017}}
• Jane Breskin Zalben (born 1951), author and illustrator{{cite web |url=http://www.qc.cuny.edu/communications/qmag/documents/qmagfall07.pdf |title=Queens College Magazine Fall 2007 |access-date=March 30, 2017}}

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TV shows filmed in, or set in, Whitestone include:

• A scene in the season five episode "Where's Johnny?" of The Sopranos was filmed in a bar in Whitestone formerly known as "Fiddler's Green".{{cite web|url=https://www.sopranos-locations.com/locations/manhattan-bar/|title=The Sopranos location guide - Manhattan Bar|author=Ugoku|access-date=December 9, 2016}}
• The character of Barbara Lorenz from The Cosby Mysteries, played by Lynn Whitfield, is originally from Whitestone.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0unCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|title=The Television Crime Fighters Factbook: Over 9,800 Details from 301 Programs (1937-2003)|isbn=9780786415335|access-date=January 5, 2017|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|date=October 29, 2003|publisher=McFarland }}

Movies filmed in Whitestone include:

• Cruise (2018){{cite web | last=Rafter | first=Domenick | title=Franny Lew Memories Are Coming To The Big Screen | website=Queens Tribune | date=November 19, 2015 | url=http://queenstribune.com/franny-lew-memories-are-coming-to-the-big-screen/ | access-date=August 28, 2018}}
• Show Me a Hero (2014){{cite web|url=http://qns.com/story/2014/10/03/hbo-miniseries-film-crew-spotted-in-whitestone-using-italian-restaurant/|first=Eric|last=Jankiewicz|title=HBO miniseries film crew spotted in Whitestone using Italian restaurant|date=October 3, 2014|access-date=January 4, 2017}}
• A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014){{cite web|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-lawrence-block/|first=R. Emmet|last=Sweeney|title=Interview: Lawrence Block|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=January 5, 2017}}
• Pride and Glory (2008){{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-d'actualit%C3%A9/colin-farrell-carries-ty-simpkins-on-leggett-place-photo-dactualit%C3%A9/97266440#colin-farrell-carries-ty-simpkins-on-leggett-place-in-whitestone-picture-id97266440|title=Colin Farrell carries Ty Simpkins on Leggett Place in Whitestone|date=March 9, 2006|access-date=January 5, 2017}}
• Dear J (2008){{cite web |url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/success/success_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003382116# |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519051630/http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/success/success_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003382116 |archive-date=May 19, 2007 |title=Carson Grant}}
• Dummy (2002){{cite web|url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2000/500032.shtml|first=Helen|last=Smindak|title=DATELINE NEW YORK: "Destined for dizzy heights"|date=December 10, 2000|access-date=January 29, 2017}}
• Boiler Room (2000); a scene was filmed in the same bar as "Where's Johnny?".{{cite web|url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2003/21/20030522-archive81.html|title='Sopranos' shooting draws crowd to Whitestone bar|work=TimesLedger|access-date=April 11, 2016}}
• Celebrity (1998){{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/amp/archives/boroughs/call-hollywood-east-kaufman-astoria-studios-leading-city-showbiz-boom-article-1.772362?client=safari|first=Paul H.B.|last=Shin|title=Call It Hollywood East Kaufman Astoria Studios Leading City's Showbiz Boom |website=New York Daily News|date=October 19, 1997|access-date=January 11, 2017}}
• Queens Logic (1991){{cite news|url=https://academycollection.org/web/arena/search#/entity/academy/70202582/queens-logic%2C-1991.?q=whitestone&source=academy|title=QUEENS LOGIC, 1991.|access-date=March 5, 2025}}
• Shaft in Africa (1973){{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjFm2tXZMo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/MmjFm2tXZMo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Golf City Slide On 20Ave, Flushing, College Point, Whitestone NY.|via=YouTube|date=December 28, 2012|access-date=January 5, 2017}}{{cbignore}}
• Taking Off (1971){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/12/archives/the-loves-of-a-loser-the-loves-of-a-loser.html|first=Grace|last=Lichtenstein|title=The Loves of a 'Loser'|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 12, 1970|access-date=April 16, 2017}}

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• Whitestone Point Light

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• {{cite book|first=Jason D.|last=Antos|title=Whitestone|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7385-4628-5}}

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• [http://www.welovewhitestone.com We Love Whitestone Civic Association]
• [http://www.malba.org Malba community website]
• [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/whitestone/whitestone.html Forgotten New York - Long Island Rail Road Whitestone & Westchester Branch]
• [http://forgotten-ny.com/2008/02/whitestone-queens/ Forgotten New York - The Whitestone Neighborhood]
• [http://www.msblbaseball.com/ Mets Sandlot Baseball League - Youth Baseball as it oughta be....]

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