St. Albans, New York
| St. Albans | |
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| Neighborhood of Queens | |
Merrick Boulevard in St. Albans
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| Coordinates: 40°43′N 73°52′W / 40.717°N 73.867°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Queens |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 34,882 |
| Race | |
| • White | 1.4% |
| • Black | 92.0% |
| • Asian | 1.0% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| • Multi-racial | 2.7% |
| • Hispanic of any race | 5.9% |
| Economics | |
| • Median income | $69,796 |
| ZIP code | 11412 |
| Area code(s) | 718, 347, 646 |
St. Albans is a residential middle class community in the New York City borough of Queens centered on the intersection of Linden Boulevard and Farmers Boulevard, about two miles north of JFK Airport. It is southeast of Jamaica, west of Cambria Heights, north of Springfield Gardens, and northwest of Laurelton. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 12, and is served by the St. Albans Post Office, ZIP Code 11412. The population within the ZIP code, according to the 2010 census, was 34,882 – a decline of 7% from the 37,452 of 2000.
The small western enclave of Addisleigh Park is a U.S. historic district where many notable African Americans have lived, including Jackie Robinson, W. E. B. Du Bois, and many jazz musicians and entertainers including Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Count Basie.
Part of a land grant to Dutch settlers from New Netherland Governor Peter Stuyvesant in 1655, the area, like much of Queens, remained farmland and forest for most of the next two centuries.
By the 1800s, the lands of four families—the Remsens, Everitts, Ludlums, and Hendricksons—formed the nucleus of this sprawling farm community in the eastern portion of the Town of Jamaica. In 1814, when the Village of Jamaica (the first village on Long Island) was incorporated, its (the village's) boundaries extended eastward to Freeman's Path (now Farmers Boulevard), and south to Lazy Lane (called Central Avenue in 1900, then Foch Boulevard in the 1920s, and now Linden Boulevard), thus including parts of present-day St. Albans. In 1852, the old mill pond that is now at the center of Baisley Pond Park was acquired by the Brooklyn waterworks for use as a reservoir.
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