welcome to maspeth, middle village, ridgewood & glendalewelcome to s MIDDLE VILLAGE MASPETH GLENDALE & RIDGEWOOD Brought to you byHigh SchoolChrist The King Residential communities with an urban backdrop THE COURIER/Photos by Mike DiBartolomeo BY ChrisTinAshAnAhAn rich history, including Geraldine Ferraro, the Juniper Valley park:first female vice presidential candidate, and John Centrally located in the borough of Queens, Gotti, the former head of the Gambino crime an urban retreat Middle Village, Maspeth and the surround- family. A place where old friends gather and neighbors ing communities are home to quiet, residential Under an hour from midtown Manhattan by come together to catch up and play games, Juniper streets that offer an escape from the hustle and subway, Maspeth and Middle Village offer easy Valley Park in Middle Village is one of Queens’ bustle of city life. Middle Village, Maspeth’s access to the city via the M train, which stops at largest escapes. The park boasts approximately 55 eastern neighbor, is just south of Rego Park and Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village, making acres of land, including baseball and soccer fields, north of Ridgewood and Glendale. Maspeth the area an ideal place to call home for many playgrounds, a track, and courts for tennis, bocce, lies just east of Brooklyn’s Greenpoint and young professionals. Also accessible from cen- shuffleboard, and handball. The Bocce court has Williamsburg neighborhoods. tral Long Island, these communities are a mere even been a site of New York City’s annual city- Metropolitan Avenue, one of the best-known 30 to 40 minutes by car via the Long Island wide bocce tournament each September. and busiest parts of town, is lined with popular Expressway, which runs through Maspeth, or the Located on what is now Juniper Boulevard restaurants, chain stores, and small mom-and- Jackie Robinson Parkway. between Lutheran Avenue, 71st Street, and Dry pop shops. However, Metropolitan Avenue is A range of housing options in Middle Village, Harbor Road, Juniper Valley Park was originally also home to two of New York’s largest cem- Maspeth, Glendale, and Ridgewood makes it a a swamp area formed by runoff from the melting eteries, St. John’s Cemetery and the All Faiths popular choice for singles, couples, and families glaciers that created Long Island. In the 1920s, Cemetery. On the stretches of the avenue where alike. Two-family and three-family homes are one area of the park, known as the Metropolitan these landmarks are found, the noise and chaos very common, but small apartment buildings, Heights Fairground, was used as a racetrack for of the busy shopping areas is replaced with quiet condos, and single-family homes can also be horses, cars, and motorcycles. Since the 1930’s, reverence. In fact, St. John’s is the resting place found along Metropolitan Avenue near 69th Juniper Valley Park has been run by the New of several notable people from New York City’s Street. York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
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