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Bay Terrace gets welcoming brand-new sign
BY JENNA BAGCAL
jbagcal@qns.com
@jenna_bagcal
Bay Terrace is the latest Queens
neighborhood to get a personalized
welcome sign.
On July 26, lawmakers, civic leaders
and members of the community joined
together to unveil the new Welcome to
Bay Terrace sign at the corner of Bell
Boulevard and 26th Avenue.
According to Bay Terrace Community
Alliance (BTCA) President Matthew
Silverstein, he and Councilman Paul
Vallone discussed the idea of putting
up a sign for the neighborhood similar
to the ones in Whitestone and
Sunnyside.
“We called Cord Meyer and they
were kind enough to do this. We’re
really excited, I think this is the first
official designation that says this is
Bay Terrace or welcome to Bay
Terrace. So as people come down Bell
Boulevard they will be welcomed by
this beautiful sign into our community,”
Silverstein said.
Bay Terrace was established in 1949
and is often considered to be part of the
larger Bayside area. The neighborhood
was originally comprised of farms and
large estates until Cord and Charles
Meyer sold their farm for development
in the 1950s.
Residential development began in
1952 and continued into the 1960s.
Commercial development, including
the creation of the Bay Terrace shopping
center, also began in the 1950s.
“It was a perfect summer day
for the grand unveiling of the new
Welcome to Bay Terrace sign Friday
morning!” said Vallone. “I was happy
to work with Cord Meyer and the
Bay Terrace Community Alliance,
which is celebrating 20 years of civic
activism, to see this great idea come
to fruition.”
The welcome sign installation coincides
with the BTCA 20th anniversary.
In 1999, residents formed the coalition
which now represents 5,000 households
in northeast Queens.
“People know Bayside and they hear
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Unveiling of the Welcome to Bay Terrace sign Photo by Jenna Bagcal/QNS
about Bay Terrace but they might not
exactly know where Bay Terrace is,”
said Assemblyman Ed Braunstein. “So
now when they’re coming down Bell
Boulevard, they’ll see this sign and
they’ll say, ‘Oh, now I’m entering Bay
Terrace. This is what all the fuss is
about. I have to check it out.’”
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