Bayswater is a small neighborhood in the
New York City
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borough
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History
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of
Queens
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, on the eastern end of the
Rockaway Peninsula. The community is located to the northwest of
Far Rockaway, along the southeastern shore of
Jamaica Bay
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.
One of Bayswater's early developers was
William Trist Bailey, who had purchased the property and laid out the community around 1878, hence the street names Bailey Court and Trist Place. Once the location of a number of summer hotels such as the Elstone Park and the Sunset Lodge, Bayswater is now a year-round residential neighborhood. Bayswater has a diverse population with large numbers of
Black
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and
Orthodox Jewish
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residents. The Bayswater Civic Association represents the area.
Bayswater is located in
Queens Community District 14 and its ZIP Code is 11691.
It is patrolled by the
New York City Police Department
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's 101st Precinct.
Notes
See also
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Bayswater Point State Park
References
External links
Bayswater Civic Association
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Neighborhoods in Queens, New York
Neighborhoods in Rockaway, Queens
Populated coastal places in New York (state)
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