102-468: The All Faiths Cemetery is located in Middle Village , Queens , New York . The 225-acre (91-hectare) cemetery was established in 1850 by Lutheran pastor Frederick W. Geissenhainer, and incorporated in 1852. Originally named Lutheran Cemetery , it was renamed to Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery in 1990. Approximately 540,000 burials have been conducted at the cemetery since its founding. In 1847
204-547: A New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 291/Ladder Co. 140, at 56-07 Metropolitan Avenue. As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Ridgewood and Maspeth than in other places citywide. In Ridgewood and Maspeth, there were 70 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 17.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Ridgewood and Maspeth have
306-421: A ZIP Code change in the early 2000s ). Many of the older families have left Middle Village but have not sold their homes but rather passed them down to their children; the result is many second and third generation residents. The population of Middle Village has been relatively consistent: 28,984 in 2000, compared to 28,981 in 1990. Metro Mall is a tri-level shopping mall on Metropolitan Avenue just west of
408-545: A 14-block "brewer's row" within Bushwick that contained at least 11 breweries. Factories and knitting mills were also opened within the communities, and speculative German developers built houses, consisting mostly of multi-family stock that were three or four stories tall. "Brewer's Row" had grown to 14 breweries by 1890. Ridgewood remained rural until the unification of New York City's boroughs in 1898, even as Bushwick had become fully developed. Development in Ridgewood in
510-464: A 1930 structure that is notable for having friezes of biblical scenes on its facade . As of 2005 , it was a tailor's shop. There are also some very old houses in Middle Village. The Morrell House, built by English settler Thomas Morrell, was built in 1719 on present-day Juniper Valley Road; the house was demolished in 1985. By 1995, two other historical houses were slated for demolition by
612-652: A German center." By the 1940 United States Census , Southern Europeans were also recorded as having moved into Ridgewood. In the mid-20th century, Romanians , Serbs , and Puerto Ricans arrived. By the late 20th century, Poles , Dominicans , and Ecuadorians —including a significant population of Quechua -speaking Amerindians from the Imbabura and Cañar provinces of Ecuador —had moved to Ridgewood. Other large populations included Yugoslavians , Chinese , Koreans , and Slovenians . Originally, Ridgewood and Glendale shared ZIP Code 11227 with Bushwick. Following
714-517: A cemetery located in Middle Village, holds many famed mobsters, including John Gotti , Lucky Luciano , Joe Gallo , Carlo Gambino , Joseph Profaci , Joe Colombo , Vito Genovese and Carmine Galante . Also buried here are fitness guru Charles Atlas , politicians Geraldine Ferraro and Mario Cuomo , slain New York City police officer Rafael Ramos , and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe . The United Community Methodist Church (founded as
816-489: A desire to disassociate themselves from Bushwick. Following complaints from residents, Postmaster General William Bolger proposed that the ZIP Codes would be changed if United States Representative Geraldine Ferraro could produce evidence that 70% of residents supported it. After Ferraro's office distributed ballots to residents, 93 percent of the returned ballots voted for the change. The change to ZIP Code 11385
918-591: A hyphen between the closest cross-street (which comes before the hyphen) and the actual address (which comes after the hyphen). While buildings fronting on streets that are west of Forest Avenue and the Bay Ridge Branch follow the Queens address numbering system, the avenues which run parallel to the county line—bounded by Metropolitan Avenue to the north, Forest Avenue to the east, and the Brooklyn border to
1020-489: A low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 13%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth is 0.008 milligrams per cubic metre (8.0 × 10 oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Twenty percent of Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth residents are smokers , which
1122-439: A low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 13%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Ridgewood and Maspeth is 0.008 mg/m (8.0 × 10 oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Twenty percent of Ridgewood and Maspeth residents are smokers , which
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#17327825635731224-541: A lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . While 33% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 16% have less than a high school education and 50% 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 Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth students excelling in math rose from 36% in 2000 to 67% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 42% to 49% during
1326-524: A lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . While 33% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 16% have less than a high school education and 50% 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 Ridgewood and Maspeth students excelling in math rose from 36% in 2000 to 67% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 42% to 49% during
1428-401: A one-screen, 970-seat theater at Metropolitan Avenue and 74th Street, was built in 1921 and was the first theater in Queens that had wiring for loudspeakers . It closed in the mid-1980s because of a never-implemented plan to turn the structure into a triplex . As of 2016 , the site is a Salvation Army location. The Artistic Building, on Metropolitan Avenue between 79th and 80th Streets, is
1530-552: A plot of land bounded by present-day Penelope Avenue, Dry Harbor Road, Juniper Boulevard South, and 81st Street. The bells and cornerstones from the first two churches are the only remnants of the original structures, and are located in front of the original church. St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church, a church and attached school built in 1860, was used during the American Civil War as a temporary jail. The church and school were both reconstructed—the school in 1899 and
1632-526: A renowned local restaurant, was located at 69-16 Metropolitan Avenue until it was demolished in 2005. The site, located near present-day 69th Street, was prime real estate in the early 19th century. Isaac Ferguson, who owned 7 ⁄ 12 acre (0.24 ha) of land at the site, sold 1 ⁄ 3 acre (0.13 ha) of his land to John Heuss, having been loath to give his land to the Geissenhainers of Lutheran Cemetery due to Ferguson's concerns that
1734-977: A whole. The 104th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 87.4% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 17 rapes, 140 robberies, 168 felony assaults, 214 burglaries, 531 grand larcenies, and 123 grand larcenies auto in 2018. The New York City Fire Department (FDNY)'s Engine Co. 319 fire station is located at 78-11 67th Road. A volunteer fire department , Fearless Hook and Ladder Company No. 7, operated at 71-55 Metropolitan Avenue from 1891 until 1913. As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth than in other places citywide. In Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth, there were 70 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 17.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth have
1836-567: Is 11379. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 104th Precinct. Politically, Middle Village is represented by the New York City Council 's 29th and 30th Districts. The area was settled around 1816 by people of English descent and was named in the early nineteenth century for its location as the midpoint between the then-towns of Williamsburg, Brooklyn , and Jamaica, Queens , on
1938-417: Is a densely settled neighborhood, with housing stock ranging from six-family buildings near the Brooklyn border to two-family and single-family row houses deeper into Queens. Ridgewood is visually distinguished by the large amount of yellow face brick construction, which is characteristic of the early-20th-century rowhouses built in the neighborhoods. Most of Ridgewood was developed block-by-block around
2040-720: Is about equal to the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 22% are between the ages of 0–17, 31% between 25 and 44, and 26% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 8% and 13% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 5 was $ 71,234. In 2018, an estimated 19% of Ridgewood and Maspeth 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
2142-430: Is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth, 19% of residents are obese , 7% are diabetic , and 20% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively. In addition, 19% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-two percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which
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#17327825635732244-413: Is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Ridgewood and Maspeth, 19% of residents are obese , 7% are diabetic , and 20% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively. In addition, 19% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-two percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which
2346-543: Is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 78% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", equal to the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth, there are 5 bodegas . The nearest major hospital is Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst . A study by RentHop.com found that Middle Village had the highest number of dog feces-related complaints within New York City. Northern Middle Village
2448-819: Is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 78% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", equal to the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Ridgewood and Maspeth, there are 5 bodegas . The nearest major hospitals are Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst and the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick. Ridgewood is covered by ZIP Code 11385, which it shares with neighboring Glendale. The United States Post Office operates three post offices nearby: Today, Ridgewood's land area lies within Queens County. However, its political boundary with Brooklyn causes confusion and debate about where
2550-595: Is home to Ridgewood Savings Bank , the largest mutual savings bank in New York State . Their headquarters is located at the intersection of Myrtle and Forest Avenues and was built in 1929. The building architects were Halsey, McCormack and Helmer, Inc. and the general contractors were Stamarith Construction Corporation. The building's exterior is made of limestone and contains an eight-foot granite base. The interior has travertine walls and marble floors. In Ridgewood 10 national historic districts were listed on
2652-457: Is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 235 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 104th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 87.4% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 17 rapes, 140 robberies, 168 felony assaults, 214 burglaries, 531 grand larcenies, and 123 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Ridgewood contains
2754-902: Is located at 72-31 Metropolitan Avenue. The neighborhood is served by the New York City Subway at the Metropolitan Avenue station ( M train). In addition, five local bus lines serve Middle Village: the Q29 along Dry Harbor Road and 80th Street; the Q38 on Eliot and Penelope Avenues; the Q47 on 80th Street; the Q54 on Metropolitan Avenue, and the Q67 on 69th Street and Metropolitan Avenue. The QM24 , QM25 and QM34 express bus routes to Manhattan, running along Eliot Avenue, also serve
2856-460: Is mostly commercial along main streets and residential alongside streets. Large parts of the neighborhood are residential historic districts. In addition, the large Cemetery Belt is located directly to the south. The majority of the neighborhood covers a large hill, part of the glacial moraine that created Long Island , which starts at Metropolitan Avenue , rises steeply for about two blocks, then slopes down gently. For instance, at Our Lady of
2958-754: Is named). In 1638, the Dutch West India Company secured a deed from the Lenape; subsequently, Peter Stuyvesant chartered present-day Bushwick in 1661 under the name Boswijck , meaning "neighborhood in the woods" in 17th-century Dutch. Likewise, Ridgewood was part of Newtown , one of the three initial towns in Queens, and was settled by the British. In both neighborhoods, British and Dutch families tilled farms and grew crops for Brooklyn's and Manhattan's markets. Many of these farms also had slaves. The only known remaining Dutch farmhouse in
3060-657: Is represented by the New York City Council 's 30th District. The origin of the neighborhood's name is disputed. One theory is that it came from the Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park , in Brooklyn just south of Ridgewood. The reservoir was on a high ridge in the middle of the Harbor Hill Moraine , a terminal moraine that runs the length of Long Island . Another possible etymology
3162-522: Is served by Juniper Valley Park , a large public park built in 1930 on the former Juniper Swamp. There are tennis , handball , basketball , and bocce courts, as well as seven baseball fields and a quarter-mile running track around a turf football / soccer field. Another park, the Middle Village Playground, is located at 79th Street between 68th Road and 69th Avenue, in southern Middle Village. The city of New York bought
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3264-492: Is sometimes considered part of nearby Ridgewood . Middle Village is bordered by the neighborhoods of Elmhurst to the north, Maspeth and Ridgewood to the west, Glendale to the south, and Rego Park to the east. Housing in the neighborhood is largely single-family homes with many attached homes, and small apartment buildings. Middle Village is located in Queens Community District 5 and its ZIP Code
3366-611: Is the Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium, which has operated since the late 19th century. Baseball player Lou Gehrig , screenwriter Ring Lardner, Sr. , businessman J.P. Morgan , and Richard Hauptmann —notable for the Lindbergh kidnapping —are among the people cremated there. The crematory , the third-oldest in the United States, was erected in 1884 and started cremating people a year later. The columbarium
3468-428: Is the forests that covered the area before colonial settlement, and that early English settlers called the moraine the "ridge" of Long Island. Yet another possible etymology is "Ridge Road". The name was originally applied by the government of Kings County (now coextensive with Brooklyn), and referred to an area within Brooklyn along the border between Kings and Queens Counties. In the early 20th century, developers gave
3570-478: The 1977 blackout , the communities of Ridgewood and Glendale expressed a desire to disassociate themselves from Bushwick. Residents voted on a proposal to create a new ZIP Code, and a majority of votes were cast in favor of the proposal. The communities were given the ZIP Code 11385 in 1980. By the mid-1980s, parts of Ridgewood had been given federal landmark designations. Young professionals were also moving to
3672-488: The East Village and Lower East Side , in the mid-19th century. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, German immigrants had moved to other enclaves such as Yorkville, Manhattan ; Steinway, Queens ; and the north Brooklyn/Ridgewood area. The discovery of freshwater under northern Brooklyn resulted in the development of breweries , where many Germans worked. By 1880, there were 35 breweries in Brooklyn, including
3774-487: The Long Island Expressway , to the east by Woodhaven Boulevard , to the south by Cooper Avenue and the former LIRR Montauk Branch railroad tracks, and to the west by Mount Olivet Cemetery. The small trapezoid-shaped area bounded by Mt. Olivet Crescent to the east, Fresh Pond Road to the west, Eliot Avenue to the north, and Metropolitan Avenue to the south is often counted as part of Middle Village, but
3876-844: The National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In addition, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated four landmark districts in Ridgewood: There are two individual city-designated landmarks: The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, the Evergreens Cemetery , and St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Complex are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale are patrolled by
3978-471: The 104th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 64-02 Catalpa Avenue. The 104th Precinct ranked 21st safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. However, the precinct covers a large diamond-shaped area, and Maspeth and Middle Village are generally seen as safer than Ridgewood. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 19 per 100,000 people, Ridgewood and Maspeth's rate of violent crimes per capita
4080-657: The 1847 Rural Cemetery Act , which banned new cemeteries in Manhattan. The General Slocum Steamboat Fire Mass Memorial, commemorating the 1904 sinking of the PS General Slocum that killed 1,021 people, is at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery. The cemetery is also the burial place of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump , parents of former U.S. President Donald Trump . Near the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, on Mount Olivet Crescent,
4182-452: The 1970s and 1980s, when crime in New York City was at an all-time high, the Mafia allegedly prevented crime from happening. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 19 per 100,000 people, Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 235 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as
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4284-437: The 19th century consisted mostly of picnicking locations, beer gardens, racetracks, and amusement areas for the residents of Bushwick. By the end of the century, developers had bought these sites and started constructing rowhouses and tenements, usually two to three stories high. The Ridgewood Board of Trade, created in 1902, was organized to develop the streets and utilities, and to improve the transit infrastructure. Much of
4386-543: The Congregation of Forest Hills West, was founded in 1935. Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale are patrolled by the 104th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 64-02 Catalpa Avenue. The 104th Precinct ranked 21st safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. However, the precinct covers a large diamond-shaped area, and Maspeth and Middle Village are generally seen as safer than Ridgewood. Middle Village has been historically relatively safe. During
4488-565: The Methodist Episcopal Church of Newtown), the first Methodist church in Middle Village, is located near the present-day intersection of Juniper Valley Road and 80th Street. The church, originally built in 1769, was moved to Metropolitan Avenue near 75th Street in 1836, and was rebuilt in 1901 and 1926. The Trinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1851 in the Lutheran-All Faiths Cemetery. A school
4590-680: The Miraculous Medal Parish on 60th Place, the front entrance of the church is almost level with the second floor of the Parish school next door. Part of Ridgewood around the Linden Hill Cemetery , centered around Flushing and Metropolitan Avenues, was once known as Linden Hill, distinct from the neighborhood of Linden Hill in Flushing, Queens . Linden Street is named after this subsection of Ridgewood. Ridgewood
4692-710: The New York state legislature passed the Rural Cemetery Act , which allowed nonprofit organizations to incorporate and sell burial plots. Seeing an opportunity to provide a lower-cost alternative to existing cemeteries such as Green-wood in Brooklyn , the Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Geissenhainer, the pastor of St. Paul's German Lutheran Church, conferred with representatives of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (his prior parish). While St. Paul's decided against investing in this endeavor, St. Matthew's and Dr. Geissenhainer pursued
4794-613: The Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike (now Metropolitan Avenue ), which opened in 1816. It was generally sparsely populated because the large Juniper Swamp was in the area. The swamp, an area where the Americans hid from British in the American Revolutionary War , was originally circumscribed by a "Juniper Round Swamp Road". In 1852, a Manhattan Lutheran church purchased the farmland on the western end of
4896-536: The aftermath of World War I, and spoke the Gottscheerish dialect. Other Eastern Europeans came as well. As recorded in the 1920 United States Census , the population of Ridgewood was mostly working-class homeowners from Germany, Austria, or Italy, with a smaller population from Hungary, Ireland, Poland, and Sweden. The demographic figures remained relatively unchanged through the 1930 United States Census . The large German presence led to disputes following
4998-504: The ages of 0–17, 31% between 25–44, and 26% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 8% and 13% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 5 was $ 71,234. In 2018, an estimated 19% of Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth 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
5100-570: The area various names, including Germania Heights, St. James Park, Ridgewood Heights, Wyckoff Heights, and Knickerbocker Heights, but only "Ridgewood" gained enough popularity past the 1910s. Ridgewood is adjacent to Bushwick, Brooklyn , and the two neighborhoods have similar histories. Both were initially settled by the Lenape Native Americans, specifically the Mespachtes tribe (for whom the adjacent neighborhood of Maspeth
5202-464: The area was the Parkville Homes in 1927, a group of 30 homes at Juniper Valley Road and 77th Place. With Ridgewood developer August Bauer, they built 150 single-family row houses by 1928. In 1931, Bauer, collaborating with builder Paul Stier, built some 7-room houses at 78th Street and Furmanville Avenue. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Middle Village
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#17327825635735304-402: The area's hotels were booming in popularity. In 1888, Schumacher was dead and his wife, Catharina Sutter, sold the building and the business to John Niederstein, a German cook. Niederstein built 32 rooms with two wings and operated the lodge as a hotel. Henrietta Gabriel, John Niederstein's granddaughter, bought the business from Grace, Niederstein's daughter-in-law, in 1920. In 1969, Gabriel sold
5406-411: The case was still making its way through the legal process. The following films have been shot at the cemetery: 40°42′44″N 73°53′15″W / 40.71222°N 73.88750°W / 40.71222; -73.88750 Middle Village, Queens Middle Village is a mainly residential neighborhood in the central section of the borough of Queens , New York City , bounded to the north by
5508-417: The cemetery were in disrepair. One article described "Toppled monuments, sunken gravestones and shattered mausoleum windows..." The chairman of the cemetery's board of directors attributed such conditions to a lack of funds and state law restricting use of perpetual-care funds for upkeep of graves where the owners had not paid for such care. On October 11, 2016, Nell Scovell shared an attempt of hers to visit
5610-525: The church in 1907. In 1935, they moved to a four-story structure on Juniper Valley Road near 80th Street. Our Lady of Hope is a hexagonal structure on Eliot Avenue with a bell tower and is located just north of the New York Connecting Railroad . The church was built in 1965. There used to be many synagogues in Middle Village, due to an influx of Jewish residents in the early 20th century. The Hebrew Institute of Middle Village
5712-561: The city's other boroughs. Figures from the 1910 United States Census indicated that much of Ridgewood's population was working-class and of German or Eastern European descent, and many homes were owner-occupied. Ridgewood's German population was so large that the Ridgewood Times ' first issue in 1908 was published in both English and German. After World War I, the population expanded with an influx of Gottscheers , an ethnic German population from Slovenia who were dislocated in
5814-416: The citywide average of 75%. Elementary and junior high schools with grades K–8 include PS/IS 49, PS/IS 128 which was also rated as a Blue Ribbon School, and PS 87. Our Lady of Hope, St. Margaret, and Resurrection-Ascension are three Catholic K-8 schools in the area, and Christ The King Regional High School is another parochial school in the area. The Queens Public Library 's Middle Village branch
5916-586: The directors and officers of the cemetery, alleging that they had "exploited their positions at the Cemetery to draw fees, salaries, and loans from the Cemetery's charitable assets while ignoring their basic fiduciary obligation to manage the assets under their control for the benefit of the Cemetery and its property." The lawsuit followed investigations arising from an audit by the New York State Division of Cemeteries in 2014. As of February 2022,
6018-489: The hamlet. After the Civil War , the area became predominantly German. The Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike became an un-tolled road by 1873, and St. John Roman Catholic Cemetery was laid out on the eastern side of the town in 1879. Hotels and other services appeared to meet the needs of cemetery visitors. The western part of Middle Village was called "Metropolitan" until prior to World War I . The Juniper Swamp
6120-462: The headstone of real-estate developer Fred Trump , the father of Donald Trump , who was subsequently elected the 45th U.S. president. Although the cemetery's website listed the grave as one it would show "upon request", Scovell was met with resistance from the cemetery's president, who accused her of criminal trespassing and told her to "Come back after the election." On September 3, 2019, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against
6222-510: The hotel to Reiner and Horst Herink, who operated the structure as a restaurant. Once patronized by 130 thousand annual diners, the restaurant became less popular by the 1990s. Because of its many modifications, the building was ineligible for landmarking by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission . The property was sold in the early 2000s and demolished in September 2005 to make way for an Arby's restaurant. The Arion Theater,
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#17327825635736324-535: The housing stock was erected between 1905 and 1915. Most of the houses built before 1905 were wood-frame houses; that year, a zoning ordinance was passed, requiring new buildings to be made of masonry. The area was developed more quickly after the Queensboro Bridge opened in 1909, connecting Queens to Manhattan . According to a 1909 issue of the Real Estate Record and Guide , development
6426-413: The main post office in Flushing , because they are located closer to Williamsburg. When ZIP Codes were assigned in 1963, the neighborhoods were assigned Brooklyn ZIP Codes with the 112 prefix, along with all areas whose mail was routed through a Brooklyn post office. This gave Glendale and Ridgewood a Brooklyn mailing address despite actually being located in Queens. The neighborhoods' ZIP Code of 11227
6528-559: The name was changed to All Faiths Cemetery "to show accommodation to ALL religious and non-religious patrons". In 2006, vandals allegedly toppled over or destroyed over 60 headstones, some of which the cemetery's president said weighed over 800 pounds (360 kilograms); he asserted that a group of mischievous teenagers had caused the damage and stated, "At first it seemed they were targeting Jewish -sounding names, but then we realized they were just jumping all over." Beginning in 2014, local news media ran stories questioning why some sections of
6630-401: The neighborhood in large numbers, and Ridgewood's homeownership rates increased. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Ridgewood was 69,317, a decrease of 138 (0.2%) from the 69,455 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 1,156.31 acres (467.94 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 59.9/acre (38,300/sq mi; 14,800/km ). The racial makeup of
6732-687: The neighborhood is the Onderdonk House , which was erected in 1709. Also at the Onderdonk House site is Arbitration Rock , a marker for the disputed boundary between Bushwick and Newtown, and by extension Brooklyn and Queens (see § Border with Bushwick ). The land remained rural through the American Revolutionary War , though there may have been a burial ground in the area. Ridgewood's oldest streets are Myrtle Avenue , Metropolitan Avenue , and Fresh Pond Road, which were used by farmers to take their goods to markets. Fresh Pond Road
6834-534: The neighborhood was 39.8% (27,558) White , 2.0% (1,380) African American , 0.1% (93) Native American , 7.7% (5,331) Asian , 0.0% (19) Pacific Islander , 0.3% (204) from other races , and 1.1% (765) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 49.0% (33,967) of the population. The entirety of Community Board 5, which comprises Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale, had 166,924 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.4 years. This
6936-672: The neighborhood's subway station . In 1920, the C.B. French Company, which made telephone booths for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (now AT&T), built a factory on what is now the site of Metro Mall. After the C.B. French Company was acquired by the Turner-Armour Company, which was in turn acquired by the Western Electric Company , Western Electric continued to operate the plant and make telephone booths for AT&T. The plant
7038-476: The neighborhood. Notable current and former residents of Middle Village include: Ridgewood, Queens Ridgewood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens . It borders the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth to the north, Middle Village to the east, and Glendale to the southeast, as well as the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick to the southwest and East Williamsburg to
7140-758: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 46% in Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth, lower than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . The population in Middle Village has been historically German American . Later, it became Irish American , Italian American , and Yugoslavian-American , although Middle Village has seen an influx of Polish people , Eastern Europeans , Hispanic Americans , and Chinese Americans (mostly in South Elmhurst, after
7242-402: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 46% in Ridgewood and Maspeth, lower than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . Ridgewood is zoned for various land uses, but
7344-401: The political boundary was adapted to the street grid, resulting in a zig-zag pattern. The change resulted in 2,543 persons' addresses being reassigned from Queens to Brooklyn, and 135 persons' addresses reassigned from Brooklyn to Queens. Modern addresses in the two boroughs can be distinguished by the presence or absence of a hyphen in the house number. Queens's house numbering system uses
7446-409: The population. The entirety of Community Board 5, which comprises Maspeth, Ridgewood, Middle Village, and Glendale, had 166,924 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.4 years. This is about equal to the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 22% are between
7548-671: The property in 1938 and renovated the playground in 1994. The Middle Village Veteran's Triangle, at Gray and 77th Streets, commemorates local people who were veterans of World War I , World War II , the Korean War , and the Vietnam War . It was renovated in 1999. Middle Village is covered by ZIP Code 11379. The United States Post Office operates the Middle Village Station at 71-35 Metropolitan Avenue. Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth generally have
7650-580: The purchase of land in Queens in 1850. The parcels owned by St. Matthews and Dr. Geissenhainer were held and developed separately; he incorporated as the "Lutheran Cemetery" (although members of all faiths were accepted) on March 22, 1852. Additional acreage was purchased over the next few years, and the Lutheran Cemetery bought the St. Matthew's land in 1868. Burials at the Lutheran Cemetery started at $ 2.50, and plots could be obtained for $ 7.00. In 1990,
7752-893: The rise of Nazi Germany , and a large, 9,000-person boycott of Nazi Germany in April 1934 resulted in brawls between Nazi sympathizers and about 200 Communists, members of the Anti-Fascist League of Brooklyn, as well as several hundred members of the Blue Shirt Minutemen of Brownsville and members of the Jewish War Veterans League. Still, in the 1939 WPA Guide to New York City, workers for the Federal Writers' Project described Ridgewood and Bushwick as "old-fashioned and respectable", and said that Ridgewood "rivals Manhattan's Yorkville as
7854-562: The same developer who demolished the Morrell House. In 2005, though, the Juniper Park Civic Association successfully petitioned to get parts of Maspeth and Middle Village rezoned to prevent aggressive redevelopment. An old farmhouse on Furmanville Avenue, built in the 1890s, still exists as of 2018 . The Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery , at 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, opened in Middle Village in 1852, due to
7956-430: The same time period. Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth, 14% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , lower than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 82% of high school students in Middle Village, Ridgewood, and Maspeth graduate on time, more than
8058-455: The same time period. Ridgewood and Maspeth's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Ridgewood and Maspeth, 14% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , lower than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 82% of high school students in Ridgewood and Maspeth graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%. Ridgewood's public schools are operated by
8160-543: The south—do not follow this address numbering system. Streets in this area that run perpendicular to the county line are demarcated by a jump in numbering sequence between the two boroughs. Since at least 1898, when the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens were created as part of the City of Greater New York , Glendale and Ridgewood's postal mail had been routed through the main Brooklyn post office in Williamsburg , rather than
8262-483: The tract was worth more than what the Geissenhainers would have paid for it. Huess later sold the land to Henry Schumacher, a then-27-year-old Württemberg native. In 1850, Schumacher built a 2-story wooden roadside lodge, called the Schumacher's Lager Beer Saloon and Hotel, on the Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike. Ferguson sold the remaining 1 ⁄ 4 acre (0.10 ha) to Schumacher in 1864, by which time
8364-814: The turn of the 20th century. Most of the buildings were designed by local architect Louis Berger & Co. , which designed more than 5,000 buildings in the area. The neighborhood has been largely untouched by construction since then, leaving many centrally planned blocks of houses and tenements still in the same state as their construction. These blocks include the Mathews Flats (six-family cold water tenements ), Ring-Gibson Houses (two- and four-family houses with stores), and Stier Houses (curved two-family rowhouses). Many of these houses are well-kept and retain much of their early 20th century appeal. There are low-density commercial districts along Myrtle, Forest, and Metropolitan Avenues and Fresh Pond Road. Ridgewood
8466-460: The war's end, and by the 1930s the last farmland in Ridgewood had been developed. Some of the later houses were single-family homes with garages. Two of the more drastic changes to Ridgewood's character in the 1920s were the implementation of a street numbering system across Queens in 1925, followed by the opening of the Canarsie subway on the neighborhood's southern border in 1928. Ridgewood
8568-562: The west. Historically, the neighborhood straddled the Queens-Brooklyn boundary. The etymology of Ridgewood's name is disputed, but it may have referred to Ridgewood Reservoir , the local geography, or a road. The British settled Ridgewood in the 17th century, while the Dutch settled nearby Bushwick. The adjacent settlements led to decades of disputes over the boundary, which later became the border between Queens and Brooklyn. Bushwick
8670-526: The western boundary of Ridgewood truly lies and whether part of Ridgewood is considered to be actually part of Brooklyn. The political dispute dates to the 17th century, when Newtown was under English rule and Boswijck was under Dutch rule. Disputes over the boundary between the two settlements continued until 1769, when a boundary line was drawn through what later became known as the Arbitration Rock . The street grid plan in Ridgewood and Bushwick
8772-521: Was 37,929, an increase of 300 (0.8%) from the 37,629 counted in 2000. Covering an area of 1,329.29 acres (537.94 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 28.5 inhabitants per acre (18,200/sq mi). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 74.0% (28,071) White , 0.9% (354) African American , 0.1% (31) Native American , 8.1% (3,059) Asian , 0.0% (7) Pacific Islander , 0.2% (89) from other races , and 0.8% (314) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.8% (6,004) of
8874-553: Was a rabbinical seminary , built in 1919 next to a synagogue that existed from 1909 to the 1970s; the building that housed the Hebrew Institute of Middle Village is now occupied by the Middle Village Adult Center. The Holy Archangels Michael & Gabriel Romanian Orthodox Church moved into a former synagogue in 1997, but the synagogue itself dates back to 1921. The only extant synagogue in the area,
8976-553: Was among New York City's most quickly-developing neighborhoods between at least 1906 and 1911. Much of the new housing was originally settled by Germans, who had mostly moved from other neighborhoods such as Williamsburg . To the German newcomers, the modern and more expansive houses in Ridgewood provided an improvement over the cramped housing stock in their former neighborhoods. A 1913 Real Estate Record article stated that, for several years, Germans had been moving to Ridgewood from
9078-667: Was built in 1893 and expanded in 1898; the two-building complex was further enlarged in 1904 and 1910. The Pullis Farm Cemetery, a small burial plot in Juniper Valley Park , is a gated mini-cemetery dating back to 1846. As many as eight members of the Pullis family are interred in the plot. The cemetery became overgrown was weeds and was restored in 1993–6 with a new headstone. It is one of the few farm burial grounds still located in New York City. Many famous people's graves are located in Middle Village. St. John's Cemetery ,
9180-451: Was closed by around 1965, after which United Merchants and Manufacturers Inc. acquired the land and built a three-story mall on the site between 1972 and 1974. In the 2010s, most of its tenants departed, most notably Kmart and Toys "R" Us which were both located inside two of the mall's anchor tenant spaces on level 2 (referred separately as Rentar Plaza), leaving BJ's Wholesale Club and Raymour & Flanigan . The now vacant level 2
9282-491: Was concentrated in a 150-block area around East Williamsburg in Brooklyn, namely the present-day area of Ridgewood. More than five thousand buildings were built from the beginning of the 20th century to World War I 's start in the mid-1910s. Residential construction predominated in the southern part of Ridgewood while industrial factories and mills were prevalent in the northern section, near Newtown Creek . Construction slowed down during World War I, but resumed shortly after
9384-460: Was constructed in 1904. It is named after Frank Lang, who built mausoleums and monuments. The building, which sold mausoleums and monuments until 1946, also used to have an "H.C. Bohack" gas station, operated by the same man who also headed the Bohack grocery store chain. The two-story art deco building is notable for imposing gargoyles and finely chiseled faces on its roof. Niederstein's,
9486-435: Was developed rapidly in the 19th century, but Ridgewood remained sparsely populated until the early 20th century, when rowhouses were built for its rapidly growing, predominantly German population. Ridgewood has become more ethnically diverse since the mid-20th century. Large parts of the neighborhood are national and city historic districts. Ridgewood is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 104th Precinct. It
9588-501: Was extended to Brooklyn's Broadway in 1855. Following this, the Bay Ridge Branch opened in 1878, connecting to Sheepshead Bay , Manhattan Beach , and the Brooklyn shorefront via the Manhattan Beach Railroad . The Myrtle Avenue elevated railroad , running above Myrtle Avenue within Brooklyn, was extended to the Queens border in 1889. An electric trolley line through Ridgewood, running to Lutheran Cemetery ,
9690-704: Was filled in 1915. In 1920, the area was renamed "Juniper Valley" as part of a revitalization project. Shortly after, gangster Arnold Rothstein bought 88 acres (36 ha) of the land, erected facades of houses on that land, and tried to sell these houses, but not before he tried to sell the land to the city as an airport. A housing boom that began in the 1920s eventually consumed the surrounding farmland and became continuous with neighboring towns and neighborhoods. Originally, homes were built by two major builders—the Nansen Building Corporation, and Baier & Bauer. Charles Baier's first project in
9792-476: Was formerly a Native American trail; the other roads were laid out as plank roads in the early to mid-19th century. The development of public transportation, starting with horse-drawn cars in the mid-19th century and later succeeded by trolleys and elevated trains, helped to spur residential and retail development. The first transit line to arrive in the neighborhood was the Myrtle Avenue horsecar , which
9894-408: Was founded in the church in 1861, and the church burned just two years later. Then, it moved to 69th Street. At the 69th Street site, the school burned down in 1895 and the church burned down in 1906. Another church was built on the 69th Street site, but it was structurally damaged by lightning damage in 1975 and completely burned in a 1977 fire. The church's third structure, built in 1979, is located on
9996-721: Was laid out in the late 19th century. Because the Arbitration Rock lay along a diagonal with this grid plan, numerous houses were built on the Brooklyn-Queens boundary, their owners sometimes subject to taxes from both counties. During the 19th century, this resulted in situations where some houses received water and fire protection from what was then the city of Brooklyn, while their neighbors in Queens had to rely on volunteer firefighting squads and paid exorbitant water bills to private utilities in Elmhurst. In 1925,
10098-742: Was made effective January 13, 1980. The Ridgewood Times , established in 1908 and now known as the Times Newsweekly , serves as the community newspaper . It is published in English and was formerly published in German as well. The Ridgewood Post is an online version of the community newspaper. It is a part of the Queens Post group, a subsidiary of Outer Boro Media, which publishes seven local news sites in Queens and one in North Brooklyn. Ridgewood and Maspeth generally have
10200-554: Was opened along a private right-of-way in 1894. Ten years later, the Myrtle Avenue Elevated was extended on a ground level alignment over that trolley line. The current elevated structure would be erected along the Lutheran Cemetery line's right-of-way in 1915. Simultaneously, northern Brooklyn was seeing an increase in the number of German immigrants . Many of the city's German immigrants had originally settled in Manhattan's Little Germany , located mostly within
10302-434: Was shared with Bushwick, Brooklyn , as well as with Wyckoff Heights on the border of the two boroughs. After the 1977 New York City blackout , newspapers around the country published UPI and Associated Press ' photos of Bushwick residents with stolen items and a police officer beating a suspected looter, and Bushwick became known for riots and looting. Afterward, the communities of Ridgewood and Glendale expressed
10404-575: Was used as a storage facility by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) until 2023-2024, and Amazon leased space for a fulfillment center in 2020. The New York City Department of Corrections also has a training academy there. In 2024, Rentar Development Corp., the owners of the mall, announced that it would be rebranded as the Shops at Rentar Plaza . The Frank T. Lang Building, at Metropolitan Avenue and 69th Street,
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