Queens Neighborhood Names

Queens has been a county since 1683 (just as the USA originally had 13 states, the state of New York ...
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Blissville Mardi Gras October 10th, 1912

An interesting clipping from the Brooklyn Eagle about the goings on in Blissville during a Mardi Gras celebration. The fact ...
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City Billed $500K To Replace Damaged Flagpole, Report Says

The amazingly expensive flagpole at the Blissville Veterans Memorial in Queens was damaged during Superstorm Sandy. LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS ...
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Amazon and the homeless: a tale of two Long Island cities

The tech giant’s new hub in New York will be close to a growing shelter zone - but can the ...
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Plan 14-Story Hotel In Blissville

New York City mega developer Sam Chang has filed plans with the Department of Buildings to build a 14-story, 283-room ...
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Gianaris to introduce legislation banning state from entering secrecy deals like that used by Amazon

Photo by Walter Karling By Bill Parry First he called for a boycott against Amazon to protest the incentive package ...
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A Red-Haired, Blue-Eyed Ghost

A story from the NY Times from March 10th, 1884 about a type of Banshee terrorizing the citizen's of Blissville ...
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Long Island City homeless shelter sold to Brooklyn investor for $23.2M

Google Street View By Mark Hallum / mhallum@cnglocal.com / Thursday, November 29, 2018 / 4:00 PM The Fairfield Inn in ...
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City View Inn Welcomes Homeless Families

By Mark Hallum The city Department of Homeless Services met its goal of converting Blissville’s City View Inn into a ...
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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Tours Blissville

Touring Blissville and it’s three homeless shelters with Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (in orange) are, from left, Director of Constituent Affairs ...
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