Beechhurst, Queens

Beechhurst
Beechhurst
	Neighborhood of Queens
	The Throgs Neck Bridge as seen from Little Bay in Beechhurst
	Location within New York City
	Coordinates: 40.79°N 73.8°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
County	Queens
ZIP code	11357
Area code(s)	718, 347, 929, and 917

Beechhurst is a neighborhood in the northeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is northeast of Whitestone, bordered by the East River to the north, the Cross Island Parkway to the south, and the approaches to the Throgs Neck and Whitestone bridges to the east and west respectively. It is also bordered by the westernmost section of Long Island Sound.

Beechhurst is an affluent area but parts of the neighborhood (such as along 150th and 154th Streets) have a more diverse mix of housing. Beechhurst is part of the 109th police precinct and is part of Queens Community Board 7.[1] The Q15 via 150th Street to Beechhurst provides access to and from the New York City Subway's Flushing–Main Street station (7 and <7> trains) on the IRT Flushing Line. The QM2 bus provides express bus service to Manhattan.

During the Silent Movie era, Beechhurst was a favorite vacation area for the rich and famous. Estates lined the waterfront, including the Arthur and Dorothy Dalton Hammerstein House, the former house of Arthur Hammerstein and Dorothy Dalton, which is a New York City designated landmark.[2] The Beechhurst Towers hotel (now a co-op apartment building) was a favorite of actress Mary Pickford and was frequented by many Broadway and early movie stars, including the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.

Notable people

Anne Paolucci (1926–2012), writer, scholar and educator.[3]

References

Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
"Arthur and Dorothy Dalton Hammerstein House, Wildflower" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. 1982-07-27. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
"Ronald Reagan: Appointment of 11 Members of the National Graduate Fellows Program Fellowship Board", The American Presidency Project, July 10, 1985. Accessed September 30, 2007. "Anne Paolucci is a professor of English at St. John's University. She graduated from Barnard College (B.A., 1947) and Columbia University (M.A., 1950; Ph.D., 1963). She was born July 31, 1926, in Rome, Italy, and now resides in Beechurst, NY."

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[1] Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.

[2] "Arthur and Dorothy Dalton Hammerstein House, Wildflower" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. 1982-07-27. Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[3] "Ronald Reagan: Appointment of 11 Members of the National Graduate Fellows Program Fellowship Board", The American Presidency Project, July 10, 1985. Accessed September 30, 2007. "Anne Paolucci is a professor of English at St. John's University. She graduated from Barnard College (B.A., 1947) and Columbia University (M.A., 1950; Ph.D., 1963). She was born July 31, 1926, in Rome, Italy, and now resides in Beechurst, NY."