Great Neck is a region on Long Island that covers a peninsula on the North Shore of Long Island, which includes the villages of Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, and others, as well as an area south of the peninsula near Lake Success and the border territory of Queens. The incorporated village of Great Neck had a population of 9,989 at the 2010 census, while the larger Great Neck area comprises a residential community of some 40,000 people in nine villages and hamlets in the town of North Hempstead, of which Great Neck is the northwestern quadrant.
Population: 9,989
Latitude: 40° 48' 2.38" N
Longitude: -73° 43' 42.46" W
The Garden City Hotel is a hotel in Garden City, New York. The first incarnation was built in 1874 by A.T. Stewart and the current fourth incarnation was built in 1983 by the late Myron Nelkin. It is famous for having hosted many world leaders and c…
Fresh Pond Road is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
Edgemere is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, extending from Beach 32nd to Beach 52nd Street on the Rockaway Peninsula. It contains Rockaway Community Park. Arverne is to the west, and Far Rockaway to the east. Edgemere was foun…
Dyckman Street is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Broadway in Inwood, within northern Manhattan.
Crotona Park is a public park in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It covers 127.5 acres (0.516 km2) or 0.5 square miles (130 ha) of area that includes a 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) lake, as well as the Bronx's largest swimming pool and 28 species of …
The Crestwood Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Crestwood, NY, which is a neighborhood which straddles the city of Yonkers and the village of Tuckahoe, located in the Town of Eastchester in Westchester County, New York via the Har…
Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music (CCBXHSM) is the first comprehensive high school of music in the Bronx, New York. The current Principal is Mr. Jerrod Mabry, who became principal in March 2013 after having both taught English and acted as Assis…
Castle Hill Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway.
Barnum Island is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, United States.
Atlantic Avenue is a rapid transit station on the BMT Canarsie Line, a part of the New York City Subway system. Built in 1916, it was reconfigured in 2002–2004. This station is a good example of the Dual Contracts architecture. Much of the period wo…
Andrew Haswell Green (October 6, 1820 – November 13, 1903) was a lawyer, New York City planner, and civic leader. Considered "the Father of Greater New York," he is responsible for Central Park, the New York Public Library, the Bronx Zoo, the Americ…
The Academy of American Studies is a selective public high school in Long Island City, Queens, New York, which was founded in 1996 by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. With roughly 700 students, it is one of the smallest high schools…
46th Street – Bliss Street is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway.
40th Street – Lowery Street is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. It has one center exit/entrance with dual fare control and therefore, no free transfer directions, although the station's layout could allow one.
The Riverside Park Community apartment complex is a group of five buildings ranging in height from 10 to 35 stories at 3333 Broadway between West 133rd and 135th Streets, in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1976, it was the largest res…
238th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
157th Street is a station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
The French-American School of New York (also known as the Lycée Franco-Américain de New York or FASNY) is a bilingual private school located in the suburban Westchester County, New York. Since its founding in 1980, FASNY has evolved from a three tea…