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Richmond Hill, Queens

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Richmond Hill
Neighborhood
Liberty Avenue intersecting with Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill.
Liberty Avenueintersecting with Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill.
Nickname:
Little Guyana
Map
Location within New York City
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CityNew York City
County/BoroughQueens
Community DistrictQueens 9[1]
Founded1868
Named forEdward Richmond
Population
(2010)[2]
• Total62,982
Race/Ethnicity
[3]
• Hispanic36.0%
• Asian27.4
• White11.2
• Black11.1
• Other14.4
Economics
Time zoneUTC−05:00(EST)
• Summer (DST)UTC−04:00(EDT)
ZIP Codes
11418, 11419
Area codes718, 347, 929,and917

Richmond Hillis a commercial and residential neighborhood located in the southeastern section of theNew York CityboroughofQueens.The area bordersKew GardensandForest Parkto the north,JamaicaandSouth Jamaicato the east,South Ozone Parkto the south, andWoodhavenandOzone Parkto the west. The neighborhood is split betweenQueens Community Board 9and10.[4]

Richmond Hill is known asLittle Guyanafor its largeIndo-Caribbean American(especiallyIndo-GuyaneseandIndo-Trinidadian) population.[5]It is also called Little Punjab due to its largePunjabi Americanpopulation.[6][7]Richmond Hill is home to a density ofRoman Catholic,Eastern Orthodox,Protestant,Sikh,Hindu,Jewish,andMuslimplaces of worship.

Main commercial streets in the neighborhood includeJamaica Avenue,Atlantic AvenueandLiberty Avenue.The portion of the neighborhood south of Atlantic Avenue is also known asSouth Richmond Hill.TheLong Island Rail Roadprovides freight access via theMontauk Branch,which runs diagonally through the neighborhood from northwest to southeast. Many residents own homes, though some also rent within small apartment buildings.

Richmond Hill is located inQueens Community District 9and its ZIP Codes are 11418 and 11419.[1]It is patrolled by theNew York City Police Department's 102nd Precinct.[8]Politically, Richmond Hill is represented by theNew York City Council's 28th, 30th, and 32nd Districts.[9]

Geography[edit]

Richmond Hill is located betweenKew GardensandForest Parkto the north,JamaicaandSouth Jamaicato the east,South Ozone Parkto the south, andWoodhavenandOzone Parkto the west.Hillside Avenueforms its northern boundary with Kew Gardens east of Lefferts Boulevard, while Forest Park and the right-of-way of theLong Island Rail Road(LIRR)'sMontauk Branchform its northern edge west of Lefferts. Its western boundary north ofAtlantic Avenueis formed by the LIRR's abandonedRockaway Beach Branch;south of Atlantic, the western border lies between 104th and 107th Streets. The southern border extends to around 103rd Avenue orLiberty Avenue.TheVan Wyck Expresswayabuts the eastern end of the community.[10][11][12]The portion of the neighborhood south of Atlantic Avenue is also known asSouth Richmond Hill.[5]

The area is well known for its large-frame single-family houses, many of which have been preserved since the turn of the 20th century. Many of theQueen Anne Victorian homesof old Richmond Hill still stand in the area today.[5][10]

History[edit]

Development around railroad station, after two decades of operation, on an 1891 map

The hill referred to as Richmond Hill is amorainecreated by debris and rocks collected while glaciers advanced downNorth Americaduring theWisconsin glaciation.[13][14]Before European colonization the land was occupied by theRockawayNative American group, for which theRockawayswere named.[15][16][17]In 1660, the Welling family purchased land in what was then the western portion of the colonial town of Rustdorp. The land would become the Welling Farm, while Rustdorp would be renamedJamaicaunder British rule in 1664.[18]TheBattle of Long Island,one of the bloodiest battles of theRevolutionary War,was fought in 1776 along the ridge in present-dayForest Park,near what is now thegolf course clubhouse.Protected by its thickly-wooded area, American riflemen used guerrilla warfare tactics to attack and defeat the advancingHessians.[19]One of the sites that would make up modern Richmond Hill, Lefferts Farm, was said to be the site of a Revolutionary War battle.[15]Clarenceville, a farming community, was established in January 1853 on the south side of Jamaica Avenue between 110th and 112th Streets on land purchased from the Welling estate.[18][20][21]

Richmond Hill's name was inspired either by asuburban townnearLondonor by Edward Richmond, a landscape architect in the mid-19th century who designed much of the neighborhood.[13][22]In 1868, Albon Platt Man, a successful Manhattan lawyer, purchased the Lefferts, Welling, and Bergen farms along with other plots amounting to 400 acres of land, and hired Richmond to lay out the community. The tract extended as far north as White Pot Road (now Kew Gardens Road) near modernQueens Boulevard.[15][21][23][24]The area reminded Man of the London suburb, where his family resided.[25]Man's sons would later found the nearbyKew Gardensneighborhood from the northern portion of the land.[20][21][26][22]

Streets, schools, a church, and a railroad were built in Richmond Hill over the next decade, thus making the area one of the earliestresidential communitieson Long Island. The streets were laid down to match the geography of the area.[13][20][24]The development of area was facilitated by the opening of two railroad stations. These were theClarencevillestation on theBrooklyn and Jamaica Railroad,atAtlantic Avenueand Greenwood Avenue (now 111th Street); and theRichmond Hillstation at Park Street (nowHillside Avenue) near Jamaica and Lefferts Avenues on theMontauk railroad linebetweenLong Island Cityand eastern Long Island.[18][27]By 1872, a post office was established in the neighborhood,[15][28][29]while the Clarenceville neighborhood was merged into Richmond Hill.[20]Richmond Hill was incorporated as an independent village in 1894, by which time it had also absorbed the Morris Park neighborhood, which had been established in 1885.[20][21][30]In 1898, Richmond Hill and the rest of Queens county were consolidated into theCity of Greater New York.[20][30]

TheNew York City Subway'sBMT Fulton Street Linewas extended east alongLiberty Avenueinto the area on September 25, 1915, terminating at Lefferts Avenue (nowLefferts Boulevard). It is now the southern terminal of theAtrain.[31]The area received further development when theBMT Jamaica Lineelevated, now served by the New York City Subway'sJand ​Ztrains, was extended east into the neighborhood at Greenwood Avenue (now111th Street) on May 28, 1917.[20][32]As the neighborhood's population continued to grow into the 1920s, smaller closely spaced houses and apartment buildings began to replace large private houses.[20][30]

Demographics[edit]

Based on data from the2010 United States Census,the population of Richmond Hill was 62,982, a decrease of 3 (0.0%) from the 62,985 counted in2000.Covering an area of 1,171.55 acres (474.11 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 53.8 inhabitants per acre (34,400/sq mi; 13,300/km2).[2]

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 11.2% (7,078)White,11.1% (6,960)African American,1.0% (657)Native American,27.4% (17,252)Asian,0.2% (116)Pacific Islander,6.6% (4,139) fromother races,and 6.6% (4,136) from two or more races.HispanicorLatinoof any race were 36.0% (22,644) of the population.[5][3]

The entirety of Community Board 9, which comprises Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, and Woodhaven, had 148,465 inhabitants as ofNYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.3 years.[33]: 2, 20 This is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.[34]: 53 (PDF p. 84) [35]Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 22% are between the ages of between 0–17, 30% between 25–44, and 27% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 17% and 7% respectively.[33]: 2 

As of 2017, the medianhousehold incomein Community Board 9 was $69,916.[36]In 2018, an estimated 22% of Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in twelve residents (8%) were unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 55% in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, higher than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018,Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and notgentrifying.[33]: 7 

Demographic changes[edit]

Originally, many European (Italian, Dutch, English, Irish, Scots, Danish, and German) and Jewish families lived in Richmond Hill.[20][37]In the 1970s, the neighborhood was predominantlyHispanic.[16][20]Today, the south side of Richmond Hill consists mostly ofSouth Asian Americans(Indians,Pakistanis,andBangladeshis) andIndo-Caribbean Americans(Indo-Guyanese,Indo-Trinidadians,Indo-Surinamese,andIndo-Jamaicans), who have steadily emigrated to the United States since the 1960s.[20][38]A portion ofLiberty Avenuehas also been officially been renamed Little Guyana. Richmond Hill also has the largestSikhpopulation in the city, and 101st Avenue has evolved into "Little Punjab", orPunjab Avenue,has emerged in Richmond Hill, Queens.[37][11]

Points of interest[edit]

The TriangleHofbrau,opened as a hotel in 1893 and as a restaurant in 1893, was a restaurant which was frequented by such stars asMae Westin the 1920s and 1930s. It sat on the triangular piece of land bordered byHillside Avenue,Jamaica Avenue,andMyrtle Avenue.[20][26][37][39][40]The building has since been converted to medical offices.[37][41]Near the northwest corner of Hillside Avenue and Myrtle Avenue sat an old time ice cream parlor,Jahn's.It closed in late 2007.[37]Between Myrtle Avenue and the Montauk Line railroad is a former movie theatre,RKO Keith'sRichmond Hill Theater, opened in 1929, functioning since 1968 as a bingo hall.[41][42][43]These and several other landmarks are located in the vicinity of the "Richmond Hill Triangle", bracketed by Jamaica Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, and 117th Street. This was historically the commercial center of Richmond Hill.[20][28][29][39][42][44]The intersection of Jamaica and Myrtle Avenues is also known as James J. Creegan Square.[39][45]

The northern edge of Richmond Hill contains theChurch of the Resurrection.This Episcopalian church is an 1874 structure and is the oldest house of worship in Richmond Hill.[26]It was placed in theNational Register of Historic Placesin 2003.[46]Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places arePublic School 66andSaint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish.[47]

Police and crime[edit]

Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, and Woodhaven are patrolled by the 102nd Precinct of theNYPD,located at 87-34 118th Street.[8]The 102nd Precinct ranked 22nd safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.[48]As of 2018,with a non-fatal assault rate of 43 per 100,000 people, Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens's rate ofviolent crimesper capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 345 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.[33]: 8 

The 102nd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 90.2% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 24 rapes, 101 robberies, 184 felony assaults, 104 burglaries, 285 grand larcenies, and 99 grand larcenies auto in 2018.[49]

Fire safety[edit]

Richmond Hill contains threeNew York City Fire Department(FDNY) fire stations:[50]

  • Engine Co. 285/Ladder Co. 142 – 103-17 98th Street[51]
  • Engine Co. 294/Ladder Co. 143 – 101-02 Jamaica Avenue[52]
  • Squad 270/Division 13 – 91-45 121st Street[53]

Health[edit]

As of 2018,preterm birthsare more common in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens than in other places citywide, though births to teenage mothers are less common. In Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, there were 92 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 15.7 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).[33]: 11 Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens have a higher than average population of residents who areuninsured.In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%.[33]: 14 

The concentration offine particulate matter,the deadliest type ofair pollutant,in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens is 0.0073 milligrams per cubic metre (7.3×10−9oz/cu ft), less than the city average.[33]: 9 Eleven percent of Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens residents aresmokers,which is lower than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.[33]: 13 In Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, 23% of residents areobese,14% arediabetic,and 22% havehigh blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively.[33]: 16 In addition, 22% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.[33]: 12 

Eighty-six percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is about the same as 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%.[33]: 13 For every supermarket in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, there are 11bodegas.[33]: 10 

The nearest major hospitals areLong Island Jewish Forest HillsandJamaica Hospital.[54]

Post offices and ZIP Codes[edit]

Richmond Hill is covered by theZIP Code11418 as well as parts of 11416, 11419, and 11421.[55]TheUnited States Post Officeoperates two post offices nearby:

  • South Richmond Hill Station – 117-04 101st Avenue[56]
  • Richmond Hill Station – 122-01 Jamaica Avenue[57]

Parks and recreation[edit]

Education[edit]

Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens generally have a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018.While 34% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 22% have less than a high school education and 43% 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.[33]: 6 The percentage of Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens students excelling in math rose from 34% in 2000 to 61% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 39% to 48% during the same time period.[65]

Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, 17% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days perschool year,lower than the citywide average of 20%.[34]: 24 (PDF p. 55) [33]: 6 Additionally, 79% of high school students in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.[33]: 6 

Schools[edit]

PS 161
PS 54

Public schools[edit]

Public schools in Richmond Hill are operated by theNew York City Department of Education.

All of the following public elementary schools serve grades PK-5 unless otherwise noted.

Residents are zoned to MS 72 and MS 217 in Briarwood, and MS 137 in Ozone Park. Students also attend other middle schools and high schools in the city.

Richmond Hill High Schoolis located in the neighborhood. Until June 2012, the city had planned to close the high school. The city had slated the school to close; however, a court ruling prevented the school's closure.[75][76]Richmond Hill High School is the zoned school for Richmond Hill Residents, while some living towards the east of Richmond Hill has Hillcrest High School as their zoned school.

Private schools[edit]

Private schools include:

  • Bethlehem Christian Academy
  • Hebrew Academy-West Queens
  • Holy Child Jesus AcademyHoly Child Jesus School
  • Islamic Elementary School
  • Theatre Street School

Libraries[edit]

TheQueens Public Libraryoperates two branches in Richmond Hill:

  • The Richmond Hill branch at 118-14 Hillside Avenue[77]
  • The Lefferts branch at 103-34 Lefferts Boulevard[78]

Transportation[edit]

Richmond Hill is served by severalNew York City Subwaystations.[10]TheJand ​Ztrains stops at121st Streetand Jamaica Avenue, and theJtrain stops at111th Streetand Jamaica Avenue. TheJamaica–Van Wyckstation on theEtrain, and the111th StreetandOzone Park–Lefferts Boulevardstations on theAtrain, are also located in Richmond Hill.[79]

There was aLong Island Rail Roadstation namedRichmond Hillon Hillside Avenue and Babbage Street along theMontauk Branch.However, this station was closed in 1998 due to low ridership (this station had just one daily rider at the time of its closure).[80]The station and platform remain, though access via the staircase at Jamaica Avenue is gated off.[81][39]Today theKew GardensandJamaica stationsserve the area.[82]

The area is also served byMTA Regional Bus Operationsroutes.[10]These include theQ8,Q9,Q10,Q24,Q37,Q41,Q55,Q56andQ112local buses, as well as theQM18express bus toManhattan.[82]

Notable residents[edit]

See also:Category:People from Richmond Hill, Queens

Joe Solomon(1930-2023), West Indian cricketer famous for the Tied Test Match

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  83. ^Robert AngelochArchivedJuly 14, 2022, at theWayback Machine,British Museum.Accessed December 16, 2020. "Landscape painter and printmaker; born Richmond Hill, New York; helped found the Woodstock School of Art."
  84. ^More About Amelia Edith BarrArchivedDecember 22, 2016, at theWayback Machine,Richmond Hill Historical Society. Accessed August 21, 2016.
  85. ^Leonard, Devin."Gary Barnett, Controversial Master of New York City Luxury Real Estate; Gary Barnett is pretty down to earth for a guy whose new tower is 90 stories tall, warehouses money for oligarchs, and blots out the sun"ArchivedSeptember 21, 2016, at theWayback Machine,Bloomberg.com,October 2, 2014. Accessed August 21, 2016. "Barnett lives in a two-story house in middle-class Richmond Hill, Queens, with his second wife, Ayala, who together have 10 children."
  86. ^Ryan, Harriet; and Christensen, Kim."Couple's success spreading kabbalah yields to discord, tax probeArchivedDecember 23, 2020, at theWayback Machine,Los Angeles Times,October 16, 2011. Accessed December 16, 2020. "The Bergs settled in Richmond Hill, a middle-class Queens neighborhood.... The house doubled as the American headquarters of what would soon be known as the Kabbalah Centre. The basement served as a dining hall and the living room as a synagogue."
  87. ^Sal Butera,Society for American Baseball Research.Accessed June 24, 2024. "Born September 25, 1952 at Richmond Hill, NY (USA)"
  88. ^About Jack Cassidy - ActorArchivedJune 24, 2016, at theWayback Machine,Richmond Hill Historical Society. Accessed August 21, 2016. "Born March 5, 1927, John Edward Cassidy, better known as Jack, grew up in Richmond Hill, New York."
  89. ^Gardner, Jared."Becoming Percy Crosby"ArchivedFebruary 3, 2020, at theWayback Machine,The Comics Journal,October 3, 2012. Accessed August 21, 2016. "Given the tumultuous adulthood Percy Crosby would experience, it is not surprising that he would hang onto a romantic memory of his formative years in Richmond Hill. However, Richmond Hill was never quite the sleepy small town that would serve as the hazy, lazy background to Crosby's most famous and enduring creation, Skippy."
  90. ^Dollar, Steve."A Life on the Edges of Fame; In a new documentary ‘Danny Says,’ a behind-the-scenes player talks sex, drugs and the punk era"ArchivedAugust 27, 2018, at theWayback Machine,The Wall Street Journal,September 28, 2016. Accessed August 28, 2016. "The Richmond Hill, Queens, native relates his colorful history, intimately aligned with the eruption of the 1960s counterculture and 1970s punk rock, inDanny Says,a new documentary that revels in sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and its subject's self-deprecating humor. "
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  92. ^"50 People To Know: Radio Pioneer Alfred H. Grebe"ArchivedOctober 26, 2017, at theWayback Machine,WCBS-AM,December 30, 2016. Accessed October 25, 2017. "Since this storytelling series is tied to our radio station’s 50th anniversary, we wanted to use our first installment to tell you about someone who could be considered the father of Newsradio 880. Meet Alfred H. Grebe, born in Richmond Hill, Queens in 1895."
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