Whitestone is a residential neighborhood in the northernmost part of the

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. The neighborhood proper is located between the

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to the north; College Point and Whitestone Expressway to the west; Flushing and 25th Avenue to the south; and Bayside and

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to the east. Whitestone contains the subsection of Malba, which is bounded to the north by the East River, to the east by the Whitestone Expressway, to the south by 14th Avenue, and to the west by 138th Street. Malba was cited in a ''

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'' article as one of the few "elite enclaves" of Queens. Whitestone is located in Queens Community District 7 and its ZIP Code is 11357. It is patrolled by the

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's 109th Precinct. Politically, Whitestone is represented by the New York City Council's 19th District.

History

Whitestone

Dutch settlers derived the name of the town from

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that used to lie on the shore of the river according to a popular tradition. This tradition is supported by 17th century wills and deeds, which may be found in ''

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'', that refer to "the white stone" as a local landmark and survey reference point. The area was, in large part, the estate of

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, a delegate to the

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and a signer of the

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. The estate was the site of a British raid during the Revolutionary War. Lewis was not present but his wife was taken prisoner and his house was burned to the ground. For a period of time Whitestone was called Clintonville after

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, the former governor of New York; this etymology is present in the name of Clintonville Street, located in the neighborhood. In the late 19th century, many wealthy New Yorkers began building mansions in the area, on what had once been farmland or woodland. Rapid development of the area ensued in the 1920s, however, as trolley and

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train service on the Whitestone Branch was expanded into the neighborhood. Although this rail service ended during the

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, part of the right-of-way was later used by

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to help construct the

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, which includes the Whitestone Expressway which runs along the southeast edge of the former

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and through Whitestone. Flushing Airport has been abandoned since 1985. Further development came with the completion of the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge in 1939. The bridge measures at its center span and was the fourth-longest bridge in the world at the time of its construction.

Malba subsection

The name of the subsection of Malba in northern Whitestone is derived from the first letters of the surnames of its five founders of the Malba Land Company: Maycock, Alling, Lewis, Bishop, and Avis. Malba is considered part of Whitestone, and is one of the more affluent communities in Queens. Demographically, the population is mostly white and of European descent (Greek, Italian, Irish), as well as Jewish, with a small minority of Asian Americans. Most of the residential properties in Malba are large expensive homes. The first known resident of the area known as present-day Malba was David Roe, who arrived from England in the 1640s. According to Clarence Almon Torrey's book, ''David Roe Of Flushing And Some Of His Descendants'', Roe became a resident of Flushing circa 1666. In 1683, Roe was taxed upon owning and thereafter increased his holdings substantially, ultimately acquiring the upland around what was to become Malba. Roe's farm was on the east side of the bay, which was then known as "Roe's Cove". He was among the most well-to-do citizens of Flushing, owning lands, farm stock, carpenter's tools and two slaves. In 1786, John Powell purchased Roe's parcel for 1,685 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence. It has been reported that Roe lost his lands for his allegiance to the crown during the

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. Powell thereafter built a home and the cove was renamed "Powell's Cove", the name it bears today. During the 19th century, some of Powell's land passed into the hands of Harry Genet, a member of the

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, New York City's infamous political machine. Powell's house was destroyed by fire in the 1890s. During the second half of the 19th century, the Roe/Powell land passed to a succession of owners. A map dating from 1873 lists the Smiths, Biningers and Nostrands as landowners in the area. The Nostrand and Smith farms represented a large portion of what is Malba today. The area around Hill Court and 14th Avenue was known as "Whitestone Heights". In 1883 railroad service to Manhattan was extended on the "Whitestone and Westchester Railroad", later the

. The terminus of the Whitestone line was at "Whitestone Landing" (154th Street), a popular summer resort area during the late 19th century and early 20th century. William Ziegler, a self-made industrialist and president of the

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bought all these parcels in or about 1883 and his holdings became known as the "Ziegler Tract". Ziegler died on May 24, 1905, leaving his wife, Electa Matilda Ziegler (a philanthropist for the blind, among other things) and son, William Jr., then 14 years of age. William S. Champ (Ziegler's former secretary) and W.C. Demarest (Mrs. Ziegler's nephew) (both to become among the first families residing in Malba) formed a Realty Trust to purchase the Ziegler tract from his estate for development purposes. Champ was vice president of the Realty Trust, and also one of the executors of Ziegler's estate. The Ziegler Tract had been appraised for $100,000 shortly after Ziegler's death. In the spring of 1906, the Realty Trust secured over 100 investors from New Haven, Guilford, Bridgeport, and other Connecticut towns, to the planned purchase of the Ziegler Tract. Based on a review of early maps of the area, the developers, at one point, planned a very densely populated community; with homes on lots no bigger than wide. This plan was modified and much larger properties were developed. The trust represented to the investors that the property could be purchased from the Ziegler estate for $640,000. In fact, the which ultimately became Malba, had been earlier purchased from the Ziegler estate for $350,000. Thereafter such Connecticut residents as Samuel R. Avis, Noble P. Bishop, George W. Lewis, David R. Alling and George Maycock were elected trustees (altogether these were the five names that combined to form the MALBA name) of the Malba Land Company. The true, lesser, amount paid to Ziegler's estate was not uncovered until 1912. (For a complete discussion of the Realty Trust's acquisition of the land and its subsequent defense of a lawsuit from the Malba Land Company, see Crowe v. Malba Land Co., 135 N.Y.S. 454, 76 Misc. 676 (Sup. Ct. Queens Co. 1912)). Development slowly began in 1908. A railroad station on the Whitestone line was added where 11th Avenue sits today. The Champs and Demarests were among Malba's first families to own homes in Malba. There were thirteen houses by the time of World War I and more than a hundred were built in the 1920s. The railroad station closed in 1932. The triangle by Malba Drive and 11th Avenue was dedicated as "Jane Champ Park" on November 16, 1969 and was renovated by the Malba Field and Marine Club in 2005.

Demographics

Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Whitestone was 30,773, a decrease of 583 (1.9%) from the 31,356 counted in

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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 -

Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 68.1% (20,956)

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, 0.8% (242)

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, 0.1% (18) Native American, 17.4% (5,362) Asian, 0.0% (2)

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, 0.3% (90) from other races, and 1.1% (351) from two or more races.

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or Latino people of any race were 12.2% (3,752) 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 -

Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016. The entirety of Community Board 7, which comprises Flushing, College Point, and Whitestone, had 263,039 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.3 years. This is longer than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are middle-aged and elderly: 22% are between the ages of between 25 and 44, 30% between 45 and 64, and 18% over 65. The ratio of youth and college-aged residents was lower, at 17% and 7% respectively. As of 2017, the median

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in Community Board 7 was $51,284. In 2018, an estimated 25% of Whitestone and Flushing residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in seventeen residents (6%) were unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 57% in Whitestone and Flushing, higher than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, , Whitestone and Flushing are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not

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Points of interest

Notable buildings in the community include St. Luke's

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Church and Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church. The Grace Episcopal Church, on Clintonville street, was built in 1858 on land donated by the family of Francis Lewis. The Whitestone Hebrew Centre consists of two buildings on Clintonville Street and was founded in 1929. The Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, with its distinctive great blue

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(added in 1991 after the Cold War, previous building from 1916), was built in 1968. The Greek Orthodox Church, Holy Cross, or "Timios Stavros", is located on 150th Street.

Economy

The following companies currently operate or have operated out of Whitestone: * Kinemacolor Company of America * Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation founded by

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* Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd. * Glacéau *

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* ''

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'' * '' Queens Tribune''

Police and crime

Flushing, College Point, and Whitestone are patrolled by the 109th Precinct of the

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, located at 37-05 Union Street. The 109th Precinct ranked 9th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. , with a non-fatal assault rate of 17 per 100,000 people, Whitestone and Flushing's rate of

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s per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 145 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 109th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 83.7% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 6 murders, 30 rapes, 202 robberies, 219 felony assaults, 324 burglaries, 970 grand larcenies, and 126 grand larcenies auto in 2018.

Fire safety

Whitestone contains a

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(FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 295/Ladder Co. 144, at 12-49 149th Street Whitestone, NY 11357.

Health

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s and births to teenage mothers are less common in Whitestone and Flushing than in other places citywide. In Whitestone and Flushing, there were 63 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 8 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Whitestone and Flushing have a higher than average population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of

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, in Whitestone and Flushing is , less than the city average. Thirteen percent of Whitestone and Flushing residents are smokers, which is lower than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Whitestone and Flushing, 13% of residents are

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, 8% are

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, and 22% have

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—compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively. In addition, 15% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-five percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 71% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", lower than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Whitestone and Flushing, there are six bodegas. The nearest major hospitals are NewYork–Presbyterian/Queens and

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Post offices and ZIP Code

Whitestone is covered by the ZIP Code 11357. The

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operates two post offices nearby: * Whitestone Station – 14-44 150th Street * Linden Hill Station – 29-50 Union Street

Education

Whitestone and Flushing generally have a similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city . While 37% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 23% have less than a high school education and 40% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Whitestone and Flushing students excelling in math rose from 55% in 2000 to 78% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 57% to 59% during the same time period. Whitestone and Flushing's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Whitestone and Flushing, 9% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per

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, lower than the citywide average of 20%. 86% of high school students in Whitestone and Flushing graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.

Schools

The

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operates public schools in the area, including P.S. 79 Francis Lewis, P.S. 184 Flushing Manor, J.H.S. 194 William H. Carr, P.S. 193 Alfred J Kennedy, and P.S. 209 Clearview Gardens. Private elementary/middle schools include Holy Trinity Catholic Academy and St Luke's School. Private secondary schools include Whitestone Academy (grades 8–12, split off from St Andrew Academy on the Sound) and The Lowell School (grades 3–12). The

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's Whitestone branch is located at 151-10 14th Road.

Transportation

The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge carries

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(Whitestone Expressway) to and from

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, as Whitestone is located across the

from the Bronx. The

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merges into the Whitestone Expressway approximately before the bridge. On the Bronx side, the bridge leads directly into the

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, the northern terminus of I-678, where the

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(

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to the west, Interstate 295 to the east),

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(

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to the west, I-95 to the east), and

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meet. The segment of I-678 between the bridge and the

is a depressed freeway.

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and MTA Bus Company serve Whitestone on the local routes and the routes. Most of the local buses provide access to and from Flushing–Main Street on the

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() of the

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. No subway service directly serves this neighborhood. The Whitestone Branch was a branch of the

, running north and east from Flushing. It ran north along Flushing Bay and east along the East River to Whitestone. Originally intended to lead into

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, it was consolidated into the Long Island Rail Road in 1876. Stations consisted of Flushing–Bridge Street, College Point, Malba, Whitestone–14th Avenue, and Whitestone Landing at 155th Street, which later became the Beechhurst Yacht Club. Flushing–Bridge Street Station was built in 1870, College Point, and Whitestone–14th Avenue stations were opened in 1869, and Whitestone Landing Station was built in 1886, all by the F&NS Railroad. Malba station was built in 1909 by the LIRR. The line was abandoned on February 15, 1932, despite efforts by affected commuters to turn the line into a privately operated shuttle route.

Notable people

Notable current and former residents of Whitestone (including Beechhurst and Malba): *

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(1895–1964), actress and comedian *

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(born 1968), retired

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second baseman * Lottie Alter (1871–1924), actress * Fatty Arbuckle (1887–1933), actor * Tony Avella (born 1951), NY State Senator he grew up in College Point *

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(1878–1927), singer and songwriter * Jill E. Barad (born 1951), former CEO of

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* Minnette Barrett (1880–1964), actress *

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(born 1936), artist * Mike Baxter (born 1984),

outfielder *

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(born 1963), TV correspondent * Joyce Bell (born 1927), nursing teacher and

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Denis Belliveau Denis Belliveau is an American photographer, author and explorer notable for retracing Marco Polo's route from Europe to Asia and back, a feat which culminated in the publication of the documentary and book titled '' In the Footsteps of Marco Pol ...

(born 1964), photographer, author and explorer * Bertha Belmore (1882–1953), actress *

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(1889–1945), actor and newspaper columnist * Armando Benitez (born 1972), retired

relief pitcher * Warren Berger (born 1958), journalist *

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(1891–1938), actor * Tex Blaisdell (1920–1999), cartoonist * Constance Binney (1896–1989), actress *

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In popular culture

TV shows filmed in, or set in, Whitestone include: * A scene in the season five episode " Where's Johnny?" of ''

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'' was filmed in a bar in Whitestone formerly known as "Fiddler's Green". * The character of Barbara Lorenz from ''

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'', played by

Lynn Whitfield Lynn Whitfield (''née'' Smith; born February 15, 1953) is an American actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a ...

, is originally from Whitestone. Movies filmed in Whitestone include: * '' Cruise'' (2018) * '' Show Me a Hero'' (2014) * '' A Walk Among the Tombstones'' (2014) * '' Pride and Glory'' (2008) * '' Dear J'' (2008) * '' Dummy'' (2002) * '' Boiler Room'' (2000); a scene was filmed in the same bar as "Where's Johnny?". * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Queens Logic'' (1991) * '' Shaft in Africa'' (1973) * '' Taking Off'' (1971)

References

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External links

We Love Whitestone Civic Association

Malba community website

* ttp://forgotten-ny.com/2008/02/whitestone-queens/ Forgotten New York - The Whitestone Neighborhood
Mets Sandlot Baseball League - Youth Baseball as it oughta be....
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