Little Neck, Queens
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Little Neck is a community in the New York City borough (New York City) of Queens. It is the northeast corner of Queens, bordered on the north by Little Neck Bay, and on the east by Great Neck, New York in Nassau County. Due to this proximity to Nassau, Little Neck remains one of the most suburban looking areas in New York City. The southern border is the Grand Central Parkway. To the west is Douglaston. The Little Neck station is the easternmost New York City station on the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 11.[1]
Little Neck is home to the busiest of approximately a dozen remaining railway grade crossings in New York City.[2]
Littleneck (or little neck) clams live in the sound, but are not named for this area. They are the smallest size of quahog clams.
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[edit] Education
Little Neck, like all areas of New York City, is within the New York City Department of Education school district.
Little Neck is home to PS 94 David D. Porter, PS 221 North Hills, and PS 811 (a multiple handicap school, formerly known as PS 187, or the Marathon School). It is also home to Louis Pasteur Middle School 67Q.
[edit] Notable residents
- Alan Kalter, announcer on The Late Show with David Letterman.[3]
- Anthony Raneri, of Alternative band Bayside.[citation needed]
- George Tenet, former Director of Central Intelligence for the United States. His father was a chef at the diner on the corner of Northern Boulevard and Little Neck Parkway, selling it in 1963. It was later renamed The Jacobean Diner, and is now known as Scobee Diner. He attended PS 94 David D. Porter and Louis Pasteur Middle School 67Q in Little Neck and Cardozo High School in Bayside.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
- ^ Perilous Crossings, accessed November 27, 2006
- ^ Late Show with David Letterman Cast bio: Alan Kalter, accessed December 10, 2006
- ^ George Tenet is welcome back home in Little Neck, Times Ledger, June 10, 2004
[edit] External links
- Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society
- Little Neck Douglaston Community Web Site
- Community Board #11 Queens, NY
- Little Neck Pines Civic Association, Inc.
- Westmoreland Association, Inc.
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