Rosedale, Queens

Rosedale
Neighborhood of Queens
St. Clare Catholic Academy

Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°39′22″N 73°44′24″W / 40.656°N 73.74°W / 40.656; -73.74Coordinates: 40°39′22″N 73°44′24″W / 40.656°N 73.74°W / 40.656; -73.74
Country  United States
State  New York
City New York City
Borough Queens
Community District Queens 13[1]
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 25,063
Ethnicity
 • Black 79.9%
 • Hispanic 9.3%
 • White 5.3%
 • Asian 2.2%
 • Other 3.5%
Economics
 • Median income $58,396
ZIP code 11422
Area code(s) 718, 347, 929, and 917
Website www.rosedale.nyc

Rosedale is a neighborhood in New York City in the southeastern portion of the borough of Queens. The neighborhood is on the border of Queens and Nassau County, Long Island. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 13.

History

Rosedale was originally conceived in the consolidation of the borough of Queens as a part of what is now Springfield Gardens. At the time, the Laurelton Land Company was in charge of the new Borough of Queens. It was dotted with farmland that was isolated from each other, so construction on an acceptable mode of transportation was started immediately. The Southern Railroad of Long Island (now Long Island Rail Road) was built and the whole area (today Laurelton, Rosedale, and Springfield Gardens) was served by Laurelton Station. The area was also connected to the Brooklyn waterworks. In the 20th century, the water system was less needed, and its use dwindled. Today the ruins of the aqueduct system can still be seen. After the Long Island Rail Road's construction, many new roads such as Francis Lewis and Sunrise Boulevard (today Sunrise Highway) were constructed. The area that is now Rosedale remained farmland until the mid-1930s. After the former period of relatively slow growth, development rapidly turned Rosedale into a suburban community. Rosedale was originally known as Foster's Meadow.

In 1976, Bill Moyers presented a documentary titled Rosedale: The Way It Is. The program addressed the racial tensions in this community, which was at that time in a transition from what had been primarily an Irish American, Italian American and Jewish community to what is now mostly a community of African Americans and Caribbean immigrants.[3]

The area is home to many Caribbean immigrants compared to the Irish, Italian and Jewish Americans of the neighboring Nassau County communities of Valley Stream and Woodmere.

Location

Rosedale is bordered to the north by Cambria Heights, to the east by Valley Stream and North Woodmere (both in Nassau County), to the west by Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, and John F. Kennedy International Airport, and to the south by Inwood and Lawrence in Nassau County.[4] It is at the eastern edge of New York City, at its border with Valley Stream forming part of the boundary between Queens and Nassau County. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 13.[5] Many roads of importance in Queens also run through Rosedale such as Francis Lewis Boulevard, Conduit Avenue, Cross Island Parkway, and Belt Parkway, as well as Rockaway Boulevard, Sunrise Highway, and Merrick Boulevard which connect Queens and Nassau Counties.

Warnerville and Meadowmere

Warnerville and Meadowmere are small, oft-forgotten neighborhoods within Rosedale. The area is served by the 11422 ZIP Code, which also covers Rosedale and parts of Kennedy Airport.[6][7] Warnerville 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,[8] while 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.[9][10] A footbridge across Hook Creek joins Meadowmere with Meadowmere Park, a neighborhood in the village of Lawrence in Nassau County.[11] Beginning 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]

Demographics

Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Rosedale was 25,063, a decrease of 439 (1.7%) from the 25,502 counted in 2000. Covering an area of 1,354.44 acres (548.12 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 18.5 inhabitants per acre (11,800/sq mi; 4,600/km2).[2]

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 5.3% (1,334) White, 79.9% (20,033) African American, 0.3% (82) Native American, 2.2% (556) Asian, 0.0% () Pacific Islander, 1.0% (242) from other races, and 1.9% (474) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.3% (2,342) of the population.[14]

Education

Public schools

Rosedale's public schools are operated by the New York City Department of Education.

Public elementary and intermediate (Junior High) schools in Rosedale include:

Private schools

Private preschool, elementary and intermediate (Junior High) schools in Rosedale include:

Transportation

Rosedale is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch, located at North Conduit Avenue and 243rd Street. Service is provided by both the Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches. Rosedale is also served by the Q5, Q85, Q111, Q113, and Q114 bus routes. There is also an express bus route, the X63, which operates during rush hours only.[15]

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Rosedale include:

References

  1. ↑ "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Rosedale: The Way It Is, Moyers & Company. Accessed September 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ "ROSEDALE, Queens". forgotten-ny.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
  6. ↑ Vandam, Jeff (January 8, 2006). "In a Place Long Sodden, High Tide for Impatience". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  7. ↑ LeDuff, Charlie (April 6, 1997). "Forgotten but Not Gone, a Neighborhood Struggles On". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  8. ↑ Road to Warnerville, off Rockaway & Brookville Blvds.
  9. ↑ Meadowmere at Forgotten NY
  10. ↑ Bode, Nicole (June 29, 2003). "Meadowmere is home to 66 people". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  11. ↑ 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 2010-01-22.
  12. ↑ Vandam, Jeff (February 18, 2007). "When Pipe Dreams Come True". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  13. ↑ Kilgannon, Cory (February 17, 2010). "Sewer Hookup Drags Queens Hamlet Into 20th Century". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "Queens Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  16. ↑ Marzlock, Ron. "Barbara Bach, a true Qns. beauty", Queens Chronicle , July 11, 2013. Accessed September 8, 2017. "Barbara Ann Bach was the daughter of Howard and Marjorie Goldbach.... In 1953, Howard, a New York City patrolman, and his family moved east to a brand-new model home at 257-08 145 Ave in Rosedale."
  17. ↑ "Phil Carey, One Life to Live's Asa, dead at 83 - One Life to Live @ soapcentral.com". Soapcentral. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "John DeBella is not an Asshole Anymore". Philadelphia Weekly. 2002-07-03. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  19. ↑ "Jenkins keeps brother's dream alive all the way to NBA". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2017-09-07. He spent his first six years of life in Brownsville, one of New York City's most impoverished and violent areas. His father, Charles Sr., moved the family to Rosedale, Queens.
  20. ↑ Weller, Sheila. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon-and the Journey of a Generation, p.44. Simon and Schuster, 2008. ISBN 9781416564775. Accessed September 8, 2017. "In Carole's Rosedale living room one day after classes, Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote their first song together - Gerry recalls it as 'a so-so song called "The Kid Brother"'".
  21. ↑ Butler, Dylan. "Holy Cross defense has champions’ swagger", New York Post, August 28, 2009. Accessed September 7, 2017. "Also back is two-way lineman Chris Brathwaite, who has verbally committed to the University of Virginia, and safety Dean Marlowe, who will play at James Madison University in the Football Championship Subdivision.... Marlowe will play both ways again this year, but he’ll switch from wide receiver to quarterback, behind center for the first time since Pop Warner. The Rosedale, Queens native said he was informed he’d be the signal-caller in a meeting with Pugh in the spring after junior Jarred Evans transferred out."
  22. ↑ Sorcinelli, Gino (2017-09-20). "Paul C. McKasty: the Legend, the Tragedy, the Story of an Era". Medium. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  23. ↑ Siemaszko, Corky. "'FAT BOY' RAPPER, 28, DIES AT QUEENS HOME", New York Daily News, December 11, 1995. Accessed September 8, 2017. "Paramedics called to Robinson's Rosedale home at 3 a.m. were also unable to revive the rapper."
  24. ↑ via Associated Press. "Herb Score dies at 75; Cleveland Indians pitcher turned to broadcasting after line drive altered his pitching career", Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2008. Accessed July 10, 2016. "Score was born June 7, 1933, in Rosedale, N.Y."
  25. ↑ "DJ Spinbad", spinbad.com, Accessed November 29, 2007. "Considering that his humble plan in the 80s in Rosedale, Queens to be a DJ."
  26. ↑ Laurino, Maria. "A Leading Man With a Twist", The New York Times, September 17, 1995. Accessed September 8, 2017. "Mr. Turturro is Italian-American and was raised in the Rosedale section of Queens."
  27. ↑ Goodstein, Laurie (2 February 1992). "Faces of New York's Dying Breeds". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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