Springfield Gardens, Queens
- Springfield Gardens, Queens
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 & Rosedale, to the south by John F. Kennedy International Airport, and to the west by Farmers Boulevard. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 12. [ [http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb_queens.shtml Queens Community Boards] , New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.]
The area was first settled by Europeans in 1660, and was subsequently farmed until the mid nineteenth-century. [ [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/1999/06/17/1999-06-17_real_estate_scene_a_tree-lin.html "REAL ESTATE SCENE A TREE-LINED CITY OASIS SPRINGFIELD GARDENS OFFERS A VARIED MIX"] , "The New York Times", June 17, 1999. Accessed July 15, 2008. "HISTORY: Farmland once dominated southeast Queens. The area, which was settled by 1660, had farms that were built during the 18th century from the present-day Montefiore Cemetery to Rockaway Blvd."]
Diversity
Today the area still maintains its low-rise suburban nature, and is currently home to large community of Caribbean immigrants including Jamaicans, Haitians, and Guyanese.
Neighborhood
Most of the main residential development came in the 1920s as Long Island Rail Road service was expanded to the area at the Springfield Gardens station. Farmers Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, Springfield Boulevard, Rockaway Boulevard, and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard all are major streets in the area. Many of the homes now are being torn down and made for more families as more people are moving in and overpopulating the neighborhood.
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