Meadowmere, Queens

Last updated

Meadowmere
Neighborhood of Queens
Meadowmere 20190109.jpg
Hook Creek at Meadowmere, AKA Head of Bay
Meadowmere, Queens
Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°38′16″N73°44′28″W / 40.63778°N 73.74111°W / 40.63778; -73.74111
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of New York.svg  New York
City New York City
Borough Queens
Community District Queens 13 [1]
Area
 • Total1.0 km2 (.7 sq mi)
 • Land.6 km2 (.6 sq mi)
 • Water0.4 km2 (.4 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (5 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total60
Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Code
11422
Area code(s) 718, 347, 929, and 917
FIPS code 36-82942 [2]
GNIS feature ID0971684 [3]

Meadowmere is a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. It is connected to Meadowmere Park in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, which is part of the Five Towns area of southwestern Nassau County. [4] Meadowmere is surrounded by Nassau County, and comprises just four streets and six blocks, bordered on the west by Hook Creek and on the east by Rockaway Boulevard. [5] [6]

Contents

History

JFK overflight at Hook Creek Flight path west 20190109 135028.jpg
JFK overflight at Hook Creek

A footbridge across Hook Creek joins Meadowmere with Meadowmere Park, a neighborhood in Woodmere in Nassau County. [7]

The spring for the creek originates under the Green Acres Mall, was built in 1956 on the northern portion of Curtiss Airfield. The creek was engineered and emerges on the Queens side in nearby Hook Creek Park before flowing through 300 acres (120 ha) of wetlands to Jamaica Bay, subsequently passing between the two hamlets. [8]

In 1963, as part of planning the parkways of New York state, Parks Commissioner Robert Moses used eminent domain to seize portions of Hook Creek for a failed extension of the Nassau Expressway. [9] The homes seized were demolished and ultimately the extension was never built. [10] Since then, there have been plans to complete the expressway. [11]

In 2007, the city began installing a sanitary sewer system in Warnerville and neighboring Meadowmere because some septic tanks had flooded into Jamaica Bay. [12] [13] Rising sea levels and increased storm surges such as Hurricane Sandy devastated the communities and many homes on the waterfront were lost, with residents living for months out of the volunteer firehouse in Meadowmere Park. [14] Streets there had been raised 3 to 4 feet (0.91 to 1.22 m) but that was not enough for Sandy’s surges, which placed most homes under 5 feet (1.5 m) of water. As a result, many homes are in the process of being elevated in Meadowmere Park and the wooden bridge will be strengthened and widened to accommodate emergency vehicles. Even in normal weather, the streets in Meadowmere flood with each high tide. [15]

Geography

Meadowmere Park bridge on Hook Creek Meadowmere park bridge 20190109.jpg
Meadowmere Park bridge on Hook Creek

Unlike the rest of the borough of Queens, the hamlet has three roads that do not conform to Queens street naming convention, simply named 1st, 2nd and 3rd Streets. The Rockaway Boulevard side separates the streets from the Five Towns Shopping Center.

One of the main roads of importance in Queens, Rockaway Boulevard, runs through Rosedale to Meadowmere, where traffic comes to a halt at Meadowmere's two traffic signals that separate southeast Queens from Lawrence.

Meadowmere Park bridge

The bridge and hamlet of Meadowmere Park is the only portion of Nassau county that is located west of Queens. [16] It is along the main east-west flight path to the John F. Kennedy International Airport's runway which is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) away from the Hook Creek Bridge. By 1969, the bridge was in need of repair. [17] In 2016, $2.4 million in grant funding was secured to repair the 110 year old foot bridge and in 2018 the first contract of $243,615 was approved by the Hempstead town board. [18] The bridge will be redesigned to provide emergency access for ambulances in addition to the other narrow meandering road of East Avenue, the only road into the small Island.

Meadowmere at Hook Creek Hook Creek at Meadow mere 20190109.jpg
Meadowmere at Hook Creek

Opposition to replacement has since stymied the upgrade, residents wanting the current bridge fixed while Nassau town supervisors say the grants are for replacement and improving vehicular access. [19]

Warnerville

Warnerville is adjacent to Meadowmere. It is surrounded on three sides by Jamaica Bay just to the southeast of John F. Kennedy Airport and comprises just three streets, bordered by Rockaway Boulevard on the east. [20]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belt Parkway</span> Highway in New York

The Belt Parkway is the name given to a series of controlled-access parkways that form a belt-like circle around the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The Belt Parkway comprises three of the four parkways in what is known as the Belt System: the Shore Parkway, the Southern Parkway, and the Laurelton Parkway. The three parkways in the Belt Parkway are a combined 25.29 miles (40.70 km) in length. The Cross Island Parkway makes up the fourth parkway in the system, but is signed separately.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Broad Channel, Queens</span> Neighborhood in New York City

Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies the southern portion of Rulers Bar Hassock, the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rosedale, Queens</span> Neighborhood in New York City

Rosedale is a neighborhood in New York City in the southeastern portion of the borough of Queens. The neighborhood, located along the southern part of Queens, borders Nassau County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 295 (New York)</span> Highway in New York

Interstate 295 (I-295) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway within New York City. Measuring 7.7 miles (12.4 km) in length, I-295 originates at Hillside Avenue in Queens, running north across Queens and over the tolled Throgs Neck Bridge, to Bruckner Interchange, a junction with I-95, I-278, I-678, and the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx. From south to north, I-295 intersects the Grand Central Parkway, I-495, and the Cross Island Parkway in Queens before crossing the Throgs Neck Bridge and splitting with I-695. In Queens, I-295 is also known as the Clearview Expressway, and in the Bronx, parts are known as the Throgs Neck Expressway and the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Springfield Gardens, Queens</span> Neighborhood in New York City

Springfield Gardens is a neighborhood in the southeastern area of the New York City borough of Queens, bounded to the north by St. Albans, to the east by Laurelton and Rosedale, to the south by John F. Kennedy International Airport, and to the west by Farmers Boulevard. The neighborhood is served by Queens Community Board 12. The area, particularly east of Springfield Boulevard, is sometimes also referred to as Brookville.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York State Route 878</span> Highway on Long Island in New York, US

New York State Route 878 (NY 878) is an expressway on Long Island and in New York City. The route exists in two sections, which both form the Nassau Expressway. NY 878's western terminus is the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue (NY 27) in Ozone Park, within southern Queens. Its southern terminus is at the Atlantic Beach Bridge in Lawrence, within southwestern Nassau County. NY 878 is discontinuous between Farmers Boulevard in Queens and the town of Inwood in Nassau County. The two sections are connected to each other by Rockaway Boulevard and Rockaway Turnpike.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Merrick Road</span>

Merrick Road is an east–west urban arterial in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in New York, United States. It is known as Merrick Boulevard or Floyd H. Flake Boulevard in Queens, within New York City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York State Route 27</span> State highway on Long Island, New York, United States

New York State Route 27 (NY 27) is a 120.58-mile (194.05 km) long state highway that runs east–west from Interstate 278 (I-278) in the New York City borough of Brooklyn to Montauk Point State Park on Long Island, New York. Its two most prominent components are Sunrise Highway and Montauk Highway, the latter of which includes the Montauk Point State Parkway. NY 27 acts as the primary east–west highway on southern Long Island east of the interchange with the Heckscher State Parkway in Islip Terrace. The entire route in Suffolk, Nassau, and Queens counties were designated by the New York State Senate as the POW/MIA Memorial Highway. The highway gives access to every town on the South Shore. NY 27 is the easternmost state route in the state of New York, as well as the longest highway on Long Island.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York State Route 24</span> Highway in New York

New York State Route 24 (NY 24) is a 30.84-mile-long (49.63 km) east–west state highway on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. The highway is split into two segments, with the longer and westernmost of the two extending 18.68 miles (30.06 km) from an interchange with Interstate 295 and NY 25 in the Queens Village section of the New York City borough of Queens to an intersection with NY 110 in East Farmingdale in the Suffolk County town of Babylon. The shorter eastern section, located in eastern Suffolk County, extends 12.16 miles (19.57 km) from an interchange with I-495 in Calverton to an intersection with County Route 80 (CR 80) in Hampton Bays.

Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard are two parts of a major boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens. Woodhaven Boulevard runs roughly north–south in the central portion of Queens. South of Liberty Avenue, it is known as Cross Bay Boulevard, which is the main north–south road in Howard Beach. Cross Bay Boulevard is locally known as simply "Cross Bay", and Woodhaven Boulevard, "Woodhaven". The completion of the boulevard in 1923, together with the construction of the associated bridges over Jamaica Bay, created the first direct roadway connection to the burgeoning Atlantic Ocean beachfront communities of the Rockaway Peninsula from Brooklyn and most of Queens.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Union Turnpike (New York)</span> Boulevard in Queens and Nassau County, New York

Union Turnpike is a thoroughfare stretching across part of Long Island in southern New York state, mostly within central and eastern Queens in New York City. It runs from Myrtle Avenue in Glendale, Queens, to Marcus Avenue in North New Hyde Park, Nassau County, about 1 mile (1.6 km) outside the New York City border.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francis Lewis Boulevard</span> Boulevard in Queens, New York

Francis Lewis Boulevard is a boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens. The roadway is named for Francis Lewis, a Queens resident who was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. The boulevard zigzags across Queens by including segments of several other roadways that were renamed to become parts of the boulevard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Linden Boulevard</span> Boulevard in Brooklyn and Queens, New York

Linden Boulevard is a boulevard in New York City and Nassau County. Its western end is at Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, where Linden Boulevard travels as an eastbound-only street to Caton Avenue, where it becomes a two-way street. The boulevard stretches through both Brooklyn and Queens – in addition to southwestern Nassau County. This boulevard, especially the area of Cambria Heights between Springfield Boulevard and the Nassau County line represents a smaller version of shopping centers located on Jamaica Avenue and Queens Boulevard.

The JFK Expressway is a freeway connecting the Belt Parkway with John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York City. It interchanges with the Nassau Expressway near the originally proposed southern terminus of the Clearview Expressway. The highway is the newest expressway in New York City, with the final section having been completed in December 1991.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Conduit Avenue</span> Avenue in Brooklyn and Queens, New York

Conduit Avenue is an arterial road in New York City, the vast majority of which is in Queens. The divided highway runs from Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn to Hook Creek Boulevard in Rosedale, Queens at the Nassau County border. The thoroughfare is named after an aqueduct in its right-of-way.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rockaway Boulevard</span> Boulevard in Queens, New York

Rockaway Boulevard is a major road in the New York City borough of Queens. Unlike the similarly named Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Rockaway Freeway, it serves mainland Queens and does not enter the Rockaways.

Peninsula Boulevard is a major, 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km) boulevard through southwestern Nassau County, on Long Island, New York. It runs southwest-to-northeast between Cedarhurst connecting the Five Towns area to the Village of Hempstead – in addition to indirectly serving The Rockaways in Queens.

The Q111, Q113, and Q114 bus routes constitute a public transit line between the Jamaica and Far Rockaway neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, running primarily along Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. The Q113 and Q114 provide limited-stop service between Jamaica and Far Rockaway, connecting two major bus-subway hubs, and crossing into Nassau County. The Q111 provides local service exclusively within Queens, with the exception of select rush-hour trips to or from Cedarhurst in Nassau County. Some of the last bus routes to be privately operated in the city, they are currently operated by the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations. The Q113 and Q114 are one of the few public transit options between the Rockaway peninsula and "mainland" New York City.

Hook Creek is a stream on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The creek travels through both the New York City borough of Queens and the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County.

References

  1. ↑ "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ Barron, James (July 10, 1983). "If You're Thinking of Living in: Five Towns". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
  5. ↑ "The Road to Meadowmere". www.forgotten-ny.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ Bode, Nicole (June 29, 2003). "Meadowmere is home to 66 people". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  7. ↑ Kershaw, Sarah (June 14, 2002). "A Bridge, and a Dividing Line; On One Side, the City, on the Other, Suburbia". The New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ Kensinger, Nathan (December 4, 2014). "Following Hook Creek Through Ghost Towns and Wetlands". Curbed NY.
  9. ↑ "Nassau Expressway (NY 878)". www.nycroads.com.
  10. ↑ Abramson, Barry (March 25, 1979). "Nassau Expressway Ready to Materialize". The New York Times . Inwood, New York. p. 14. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  11. ↑ Parker, Vanessa (October 1, 2014). "Nassau Expressway completion sought: Rally in Lawrence on Sunday". Long Island Herald. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ Vandam, Jeff (February 18, 2007). "When Pipe Dreams Come True". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
  13. ↑ Kilgannon, Cory (February 17, 2010). "Sewer Hookup Drags Queens Hamlet Into 20th Century". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
  14. ↑ Bortolot, Lana (October 25, 2013). "Tiny Meadowmere Park Is an Island Refuge" – via www.wsj.com.
  15. ↑ Vandam, Jeff (January 8, 2006). "In a Place Long Sodden, High Tide for Impatience". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
  16. ↑ Schaedel (2015). "New York - History - Geschichte: The Lost Villages of Jamaica Bay - Part 2".
  17. ↑ "Rotting Footbridge May Be Rebuilt". Long Island Daily Press. November 3, 1969.
  18. ↑ Asbury, John (February 20, 2018). "Town: Bridge would serve as new emergency route". Newsday.
  19. ↑ Marko, Tyler (June 21, 2018). "Trouble over the bridge". Herald Community Newspapers.
  20. ↑ "Road to Warnerville, off Rockaway & Brookville Blvds". Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.