Stephen Fry is Middle Village, Queens, New York
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Metropolitan Avenue, 1976 Photo by artist Doug Leblang Middle Village.
The Williamsburg-Jamaica Turnpike was completed in 1814 and operated as a toll road between the cities of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Jamaica in Queens, two major trading centers in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
In 1820, the portion of Newtown best known for its 100-acre swamp was called Middle Village because it was halfway on this road.
Its growth impeded by the presence of the great swamp, Middle Village is in a strange combination of slots, it became famous at once a stagecoach stop and a place to bury the dead.
This of Middle Village 1873 card was taken from the larger map of Newtown on the information page Genealogy Brooklyn.
The turnpike became Metropolitan Avenue, a free road, in 1873 the western part bordering Middle Village Ridgewood today was also called Metropolitan before the First World War, but it is unclear if the avenue named Metropolitan or the Metropolitan named community came first.
This building dates 1902 and was originally the summer residence of a local politician In 1920, John Miller bought the home and established his funeral here when Arthur Hess is associated with him in the 1940s, he then became the Hess-Miller funeral Home is still operating under the same name, although it is no longer owned by the family.
A law was passed in 1847 that prohibits future cemeteries to be open in Manhattan Accordingly the Lutheran cemetery was founded in Middle Village in 1852 by the German churches in Manhattan Kleindeutschland Many victims of General Slocum tragedy were buried here a monument in their honor during which an annual commemorative ceremony takes place is located within the southern part of the cemetery.
General Slocum monument to Lutheran-All Beliefs can be seen on page FNY North Brother Island.
Today, the cemetery is open to people of all religions, and was renamed to reflect that fact at the moment, the German Lutherans remain the predominate group buried here NYS Division of cemeteries cemetery conferred the distinction of being exceptionally well operated and maintained Lutheran Cemetery -All Faiths is crossed by Metropolitan Avenue, and the New York Connecting railroad tunnel under a portion of it.
The Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium landmark has been in business since 1893 The building is made out of Metropolitan Avenue on Mount Olivet Crescent.
Co-ed Christ King Regional High School opened in 1962 WNBA player Chamique Holdsclaw is a former student.
The behemoth of the site is the Metro BJ's shopping center, Big K, Toys R Us and Levitz are among its tenants has an interesting history.
The Myrtle Avenue subway line replaced an old horse-drawn road, the initial goal was to shuttle visitors between Lutheran Cemetery and Myrtle Avenue This is the first terminal el line looked like in 1906, when you can ride all the way to Manhattan for only a nickel.
This is the modern rail terminal M incoming pilots today are more likely ventured to Christ the King and the Metro shopping center that the cemetery Today the price is 2 and half the time the one weekend is forced to take a crowded shuttle bus to get to Wyckoff Avenue.
Frank T Lang Building at 69th Street was built by a manufacturer mausoleum and monument in 1904 Recently, during renovation work, a sign of the gas station was Bohack he revealed.
The gargoyles and faces carved along the top of the building were in great detail by the artistic hands Its stained glass windows of the cathedral are also quite unique This building is a fine example of architecture art deco.
Construction detail are those lions What the cat has a tail like your webmaster.
These creatures on the Lang building are indeed Ducks cats My family had a mill to knit the second floor and also on the rear wing of a story to your left view through Metropolitan Avenue was occupied by another plant Child knitting, I was fascinated by the sculptures and looked them over with a pair of binoculars They also have big teeth, I do not know their meaning, if any, that the building was told originally housed a monument works gravestones serving local cemeteries There was also a huge crane truck head on the back of the building, which was once used to move the stone, I did not know that the building also housed a funeral home, although it is compatible with the location and operation of the monument.
Photo info Queens Tribune Queens Borough Public Library.
Built by Henry Schumacher about 1854, the building became the hotel and restaurant in 1888 by John Niederstein He first served as a staging area patronized by those carrying their goods between Jamaica and the Williamsburg turnpike In 1970 the hotel has been modernized by its new owners, who removed the porch and transportation begins to make room for small parking lots it works like hotel stopped there several years.
Restaurant Niederstein April 2005 typical German fare served Niederstein of and in recent years, catering primarily to funeral and wedding party and the faithful inhabitants There was no joy in Midville when the restaurant closed in February 2005 and was sold at a fast food franchise Arby s finally razed the building.
Niederstein his demolished threatened by the fast food franchise in September 2005 Robert Holden, president of the park Juniper Civic Association, Inc. Sent this letter to Jordan Krolick, Senior Vice President of Business Development at LLC Arbyâ, who said community doesn sembl who oppose  in fact, they'll be the first to watch here coupons for free food.
Unfortunately Niedersteinâ s was demolished last Friday it was a sad day for Middle Village, Queens County and all of NYC.
Arbyâ s was insensitive, misleading, deceptive and we want Arbyâ liable for the destruction of our beloved landmark before the Civil War The owner of the property, Tom Clarke said he would at least save the old wooden poles of origin When I got to the site I was shocked to find the two poles destroyed and the demolition foreman said he had no indication whatsoever to save scapes showed Arbyâ s one benefit of mentality and we remind the whole community of Arbysâ insensitivity and behavior does not answer the question.
I sent you a Tuesday email asking you to intervene and use your influence to at least delay the demolition You chose not to answer Arbyâ his now well-deserved negative reputation in the community and people to remember their total lack or respect our neighborhood and its history this community does not respond well to profits only and muscular business techniques You and M. Clarke can find this sooner than later.
The Arion Theater built in 1921, was the first theater in Queens soundtrack This representation of theater as it looked in 1942 was painted by the artist Doug Leblang Middle Village.
Arion showed his last film in the mid-1980s most of the theater's original structure is still there, but you would never be able to tell by his appearance a pharmacy now occupies the building.
The first Methodist church in Middle Village was built in 1769 at the intersection of what is now Port and Dry Valley Juniper Roads It was called Methodist Episcopal Church of Newtown.
In 1836, after several disasters, the church was moved to its current location on Metropolitan Avenue It was rebuilt twice since, the last time in 1926. Today, it is called United Community Methodist Church.
The finely detailed structure to the left was built in 1930 on Metropolitan Avenue signage above the entrance, half hidden by the canopy said, Artistic building Today, vinyl and neon announce changes by tailor, most would agree is an art in itself.
Just beside and behind the building is a hidden artistic wall above which presents friezes of biblical scenes What this building was once a mystery, but considering the area, it is quite possible that it is a flower shop or a building company.
Yes, yet another cemetery Sorry to be so focused on death, but you can escape t do here in Middle Village as it does through the Lutheran cemetery Metropolitan Avenue through the heart of St. John Cemetery.
The Catholic Church opened St. John in 1880. Today it is the most populous city of the earth gangster landfill However, Robert Mapplethorpe bodybuilder Charles Atlas and a number of politicians are also buried right here.
An institution Met Ave, Kopp Bakery Picture of 2004.
Ad former Coke near St on 73rd Ave Met and above, Juniper elbow pipe and watertight fastener manufacturing near St 72e Elbows bent pipes used in furnaces and for other uses.
After the largest commercial lap band from one end to the other, we are now venturing into the residential area During the 18th, 19th and early 20th century, the great marshes in the valley of One 1 2 mile from Middle Village north of Metropolitan Avenue was known as Juniper Round swamp Juniper swamp road was a colonial road that ran along the southern perimeter of the marsh in 1915 the marsh was drained in the 1920s, residents had decided that the name of the region needed a bit of a facelift, it was changed to Juniper Juniper Valley Round swamp road, then became the Juniper Valley road, part of which still exists today.
The following pictures were taken in or around the area of Juniper Valley.
It was a place where American soldiers have hidden redcoats after the British took Long Island in 1776 The marsh and its surroundings were covered by a thick forest of juniper and white cedar.
In 1920A s notorious gangster Arnold Rothstein the man responsible for the Black Sox scandal in 1919 bought the swamp and tried to sell it in plots by building houses that were mere empty shells.
Before the current site of Juniper Valley Park has been improved for recreation, it has been used in various ways such as a farm, a cemetery, a garbage dump, and a source of peat moss peat by taking was abducted by WPA workers squads during the 1930's and was used by the city in the parks and on the roads from 1941 to 1942, the WPA transformed barren land and in the parks most QueensA loved the park sloping landscape reveals his past as a swamp to date, this part of Midville becomes Mudville after a rain storm.
Thomas Pullis bought a 32-acre farm in Middle Village in 1822. He, his wife and at least one of his children were buried in a small plot of land to farm The other members of the unknown family are also thought to be buried in his will here, Pullis banned the sale of the cemetery, and he left instructions to his son three to build a brick wall around its perimeter to protect it.
For years, the cemetery closes Pullis sitting in Juniper Valley Park, unmarked and overgrown with weeds, but closed in 1996, the restoration of the cemetery was completed with the addition of a new headstone given by Lutheran Cemetery Pullis the cemetery is one of the few surviving places of agricultural burial in New York; the earliest known date falls back to 1846.
Trinity Lutheran Church on the road dry port was founded in 1851, the building, however, is obviously not quite that old church went through several incarnations before settling in this type of post-modern structure.
Bells and cornerstones are all that remains of two previous churches, the first of which was in the Lutheran cemetery.
This park in Gray and 77th streets Middle Village honors veterans who fought in the First World War 1914-1918 Second World War 1939-1945, 1950-1953 Korea, and Vietnam from 1964 to 1975 It has a large granite monument, erected by the citizens of Middle Village owners Association of Middle Village Inc. It was erected to honor the men of Middle Village post 784, who fought in the Second World war, and military honors wartime all now.
Thomas Morrell was one of the first settlers in the area, he came to the gentry of England and hoped to find a fortune in America in 1663, he built this house in a style called saltbox architecture in 1719 along what is today Juniper Valley road that was the last original house left standing along the colonial road.
The house has been lovingly cared for by its owners until 1985, when he finally met the bulldozer in a tragedy often said outside area, the Commission NYC Manhattan-centric community Landmarks rejected pleas to save him, even if it was one of the verifiably oldest structures in the city this hideous housing twelve units have taken the place of that family.
In 2005, Juniper Civic Association Park won a long battle with the zoning commission of the city, and the area with the rest of Maspeth and Middle Village finally rezoned to prevent more of this type of construction overdevelopment future will be necessary to do in order to preserve the character of the community, not to trample on it.
Photos of our community, its history and its people Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and Ridgewood, Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 1976.
ABOVE Kinsey House demolished in 1996; Pleasantview house on the street demolished in 1986, replaced by the construction of apartments 49 Photoscouvertures of our community, its history and its people Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and Ridgewood, Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 1976.
In 1759, Jonathan Furman installed in Middle Village then part of Newtown along Harbor Road Dry The region's land soon became known Furmanville The former colonial road that led to this part of town is still named after him.
This old farmhouse on Furmanville Avenue dates back to the 1890s at some point, he was surrounded by vast acres of farmland Moreover a working farm by the first part of the 20th century, ponies frolicked in the yard until the 1950s.
St Margaret's Roman Catholic Church was built in 1860 above on land once owned by Thomas Pullis A school was built a few years later during the civil war, the priests of St Margaret s administered to rebel soldiers detained in metropolitan Avenue tavern serving a makeshift prison.
The church was rebuilt in 1907 on top and remains standing today, behind the current school building church was rebuilt in 1899 pictures to the left and above Juniper Berry.
The third version of the church was built in 1935. They decided on a rather efficient design the last time the school is actually above the church, in the same building.
St Margaret is the patron saint of farmers, appropriate given the line of work of his first parishioners.
One hundred years after the founding of St Margaret, Middle Village Catholics they felt they needed another church.
The new Our Lady of Hope, with its hexagonal design and distinctive bell tower, was built on Eliot Avenue just north of NY rail connection follows about 1983 is a church roof photo building Jewish influence.
In 1901, a group of wealthy German Jews living in Manhattan founded an organization to move the poor Jews out of the overcrowded slums of the Lower East Side Over the next 10 years, about 60,000 refugees were resettled friends Jews Realtors presented them Middle Village, with its open land, must have seemed like paradise.
The structure that houses the Middle Village Adult Center on 75th Street, brings us back to the early 20th century Today the building serves as a center for the elderly.
The building from the top reveals a hidden past It used the Hebrew Institute of Middle Village, a rabbinical seminary built in 1919. The first synagogue in the area, dating from 1906, beside which it was built, was demolished in the 1970s of the letters within the star are probably the initials of the founders of schools or major donors.
Nestled in another street, we find the Holy Archangels Michael Gabriel Romanian Orthodox Church, which tends to the latest influx of immigrants region The church Moved into this building in 1997.
Examine the top of the church reveals something special about The Ten Commandments and the words Congregation Brotherly Love Ahavath Achim enrolled in Hebrew above the building entrance, which was built in 1921. It was the second three Orthodox congregations that flourished in the Middle Village during the first half of the 20th century.
The Congregation of Forest Hills West is the last remaining synagogue in Middle Village It was founded in 1935.
Forest Hills West Hmmm Middle Village was never called to the best of our knowledge, and to get to this part of the city of Forest Hills, you must first cross through Rego Park, so the reason name is unclear Maybe someone thought Forest Hills West looked really chic.
Most people today are proud to be called Middle Villagers The city grew in population and size of the land when the area known as the South Elmhurst Elmhurst separated appropriate and officially became part of Middle Village 2003 the debate on the advantages and disadvantages lasted years spite of this, and of course, the bureaucracy, he finally did happen, of course.
Having the last digit of their zip code changed from 3 to 9 makes people very happy.
A special thank you to Councilman Dennis Gallagher City office to provide back issues Juniper Berry Doug Leblang for the gift of her photos and works of art for Mayer Spilman Hebrew translations.
The above photos were taken on March 26 and 27, 2005, Page was completed April 15, 2005 January 21 addition, 2006 corresponding Forgotten NY Christina Wilkinson.
A large walk in memory that I grew up in MV, and went on Gradient in 63 Pictures are great, where I remember and were part of my childhood Kopps Bakery, the butter cake was to die for Juniper-Elbo I want a penny for every time I walked by the building afternoon Arion film Staurday, fantastic family I buried in St John's and Lutheran cemeteries My great grandfather had warm houses on 69th St and Juniper Valley Rd much extended family now long gone or scattered four winds Nothing stays the same, the changes occur, but in my mind MV was a great place to grow and it will always be a good memory.
Artistic building was a monument shop The building to the east of it was a portico to move the granite slabs and equipment for cutting and carving stones.
Thank you for the pictures and the story I spent several days in the Middle Village, my family is in the cemetery, and I ate at many Niederstein, many, sometimes it has been years since I was here, and I wanted to eat there again, and get Iwould crumb cake of Kopp thinks that the new owners capitalize on the history and returning customers instead of trying to start over.
Anyway, thank you for the story, my son just moved back to New York, but it will not be able to take advantage of these great places Wish I could on my visits, at least I was there before they were gone.
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