Rosedale is a neighborhood in
New York City
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in the southeastern portion of the
borough
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History
In the Middle A ...
of
Queens
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. The neighborhood, located along the southern part of
Queens
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, borders
Nassau County.
Rosedale is located in
Queens Community District 13 and its ZIP Code is 11422.
It is patrolled by the
New York City Police Department
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's 105th Precinct.
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
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(now
Long Island Rail Road) was built and the whole area (today Laurelton, Rosedale, and Springfield Gardens) was served by
Laurelton Station
The Laurelton station is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch, in the Laurelton neighborhood of Queens, New York City. It is 14.9 miles (24.0 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The station is located at the i ...
. The area was also connected to the
Brooklyn waterworks
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. 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.
During the mid-1970s, African American and Caribbean families started moving into what had been a mostly Irish, Italian, and Jewish community.
Many black families' homes were
firebombed to harass them and cajole them to leave. The U.S. government filed a civil-rights lawsuit in 1975 against a group named Return Our American Rights (ROAR), alleging that ROAR had been harassing white homeowners who tried to sell to black clients, and implicating ROAR in some of the firebombings. In 1976,
Bill Moyers
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presented a documentary titled ''Rosedale: The Way It Is,'' which addressed the racial tensions in the community.
While the racial tensions decreased in subsequent years, there were still some incidents of racial conflict: for instance, during the July 4 weekend in 1989, a group of white youths chased black youths through Rosedale after a dispute over firecrackers.
In the end, the area ended up being mostly a home to many Caribbean immigrants. Irish, Italian and Jewish Americans moved to the neighboring Nassau County communities of
Valley Stream
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The incorporated Village of Valley Stream is within the Town of Hempstead, ...
and
Woodmere.
Location
Rosedale is bordered to the north by
Cambria Heights
Cambria Heights is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Springfield Boulevard and Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, the Elmont, Nassau County border on the east, Qu ...
, to the east by
Valley Stream
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The incorporated Village of Valley Stream is within the Town of Hempstead, ...
and
North Woodmere (both in
Nassau County), to the west by
Laurelton,
Springfield Gardens
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 and Rosedale, to the south by John F. Kennedy International Airport, and to the w ...
, and
John F. Kennedy International Airport
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, and to the south by
Inwood and
Lawrence
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in Nassau County. 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
The Queens Community Board 13 is a local government in the New York City borough of Queens, encompassing the neighborhoods of Queens Village, Glen Oaks, Bellerose, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Rosedale, Meadowmere, Floral Park and Brookville. ...
. Many roads of importance in Queens also run through Rosedale such as
Francis Lewis Boulevard
Francis Lewis Boulevard is a boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens. The roadway is named for Francis Lewis, a Queens resident who was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. The boulevard zigzags across Queens by inc ...
,
Conduit Avenue
Conduit Avenue (Conduit Boulevard in Brooklyn) is an arterial road in New York City, the vast majority of which is in Queens. The divided highway runs from Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn to Hook Creek Boulevard in Rosedale, Quee ...
,
Cross Island Parkway, and
Belt Parkway, as well as
Rockaway Boulevard
Rockaway Boulevard is a major road in the New York City borough of Queens. Unlike the similarly named Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Rockaway Freeway, it serves mainland Queens and does not enter the Rockaways.
Route description
It begins as an u ...
,
Sunrise Highway
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, and
Merrick Boulevard
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Merrick Road runs east from the Queens ...
which connect Queens and Nassau Counties.
Warnerville and Meadowmere
Warnerville and
Meadowmere are small neighborhoods within Rosedale. The area is served by the 11422 ZIP Code, which also covers the rest of Rosedale and parts of Kennedy Airport. Warnerville is surrounded on three sides by
Jamaica Bay just to the southeast of
John F. Kennedy International Airport
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and comprises just three streets, bordered by
Rockaway Boulevard
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Route description
It begins as an u ...
on the east. 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.
Demographics
Based on data from the
2010 United States Census
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, the population of Rosedale was 25,063, a decrease of 439 (1.7%) from the 25,502 counted in
2000
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. Covering an area of , the neighborhood had a population density of .
[Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010]
Population Division - New York City
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Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.
The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 5.3% (1,334)
White
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, 79.9% (20,033)
African American
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, 0.3% (82)
Native American, 2.2% (556)
Asian, 1.0% (242) from
other races
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, and 1.9% (474) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 9.3% (2,342) of the population.
[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
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Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.
Recreation
The
Brookville Park is located on the western border of Rosedale (next to Springfield Gardens). It is bounded by South Conduit Avenue, 149th Avenue, and 232nd and 235th Streets. It contains Conselyea's Pond.
Education
Public schools
Rosedale's public schools are operated by the
New York City Department of Education
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.
Public elementary and intermediate (Junior High) schools in Rosedale include:
* P.S. 38/Rosedale School
* P.S. 138/The Sunrise School
* P.S. 195/The William Haberle School
* P.S./I.S. 270/The Gordon Parks School
Private schools
Private preschool, elementary and intermediate (Junior High) schools in Rosedale include:
*Christ Lutheran, a Lutheran school for K–8th Grade
* Little Leadership Academy, a Christian preschool for ages 2 – 5.
*St. Clare Catholic Academy
Transportation
Rosedale is a station on the
Long Island Rail Road's
Atlantic Branch
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The line consists of two sectio ...
, located at
North Conduit Avenue and 243rd Street. Service is provided by both the
Far Rockaway
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and
Long Beach
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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.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Rosedale include:
*
Barbara Bach
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Bach is a nati ...
(born 1947), actress
*
Phil Carey (1925–2009), soap opera actor
*
Joe Davola, TV and film director and producer
*
John DeBella
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Career
Before arriving in Philadelphia, DeBella did a stint at WLIR Garden City. In the early 1980s he hosted ''The DeBella Traves ...
, radio personality
*
Ken Eurell (born 1960), plays himself in the documentary ''
The Seven Five''
*
Charles Jenkins (born 1989), basketball player
*
Carole King (born 1942), singer, songwriter, and pianist
*
Florence V. Lucas (1915–1987), lawyer who was president of the Jamaica branch of the
NAACP.
*
Dean Marlowe
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High s ...
(born 1992), NFL Professional Athlete
*
Paul C. McKasty (1964–1989), engineer, mixer, and producer
*
Darren Robinson (1967–1995), rapper of
The Fat Boys
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*
Herb Score
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(1933–2008), baseball player/announcer, born in Rosedale
*
DJ Spinbad (1974-2020), DJ/Producer
*
Aida Turturro
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(born 1962), actress
*
John Turturro
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(born 1957), actor, director
*
Nicholas Turturro
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(born 1962), actor
*
Harvey Wang
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Life and career
Harvey Wang was born in Queens, New York, in 1956. He received a Bachel ...
(born 1956), photographer
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