Arverne, Queens

Arverne, Queens
Arverne
—  Neighborhoods of New York City  —
Arverne-by-the-Sea development
Country United States
State New York
County Queens
Named for "R. Vernam", the signature of Remington Vernam
Population (2000)
 - Total 15,893
Ethnicity
 - White 15.0%
 - Black 70.7%
 - Hispanic 16.5%
 - Asian 0.9%
 - Other 8.1%
Economics
 - Median income $29,059
ZIP code 11692
Area code(s) 718, 347, 917

Arverne is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula. It was initially developed by Remington Vernam, whose signature "R. Vernam" inspired the name of the neighborhood.[1] Arverne extends from Beach 56th Street to Beach 73rd Street, along its main thoroughfare Beach Channel Drive, alternatively known as Rev. Joseph H. May Drive. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14.[2]

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History

Vernam's original plan was to name the neighborhood Arverne-by-the-Sea, and one grandiose plan, influenced by his wife, Florence, included a canal running through the neighborhood, reminiscent of the Amstel canal in Amsterdam, Holland. When this plan fell through, the canal right-of-way was converted into a thoroughfare, Amstel Boulevard, which, except for a stub west of Beach 71st Street, was later incorporated into Beach Channel Drive.

While Arverne became well-known as a beachfront community with inexpensive summer bungalows, and hotels of varying levels of expense and luxury as well as amusements and boardwalk concessions, it also attracted a year-round residential community. On January 3, 1914, a violent storm devastated the neighborhood as well as other neighborhoods on the peninsula, and completely swept the Arverne Pier Theater, which was capable of seating 1,200 people, away to sea.[3] On June 15, 1922, a large part of Arverne was leveled by a disastrous fire which left about 10,000 people homeless, although the neighborhood was quick to rebuild.[4]

During the 1950s and 1960s, the advent of commercial jet air travel encouraged people to travel to distant destinations during the summer, rather than to utilize local beaches and resorts. As a result, many of Arverne's summer bungalows became vacant.[citation needed]

New York City's urban renewal projects of the 1960s leveled to the ground most of the summer resorts and some of the residences, many of which had been abandoned. The process eventually transformed most of Arverne, from Rockaway Beach Boulevard southward to the beachfront, into vacant land used as a dumping ground. Since the 1980s, but particularly since the Bloomberg administration, New York City has tried, albeit with only partial success, to improve the area, most notably via Arverne East Development's "Arverne-by-the-Sea".[5][6]

Education

Schools

The New York City Department of Education operates Arverne's public schools.

Libraries

The Queens Borough Public Library operates the Arverne Branch.

Housing

NYCHA

  • Ocean Bay Houses (Oceanside), formerly Arverne Houses,
  • Ocean Bay Houses (Bayside), formerly Edgemere Houses,
  • Carleton Manor

Mitchell-Lama

  • Nordeck Apartments (co-operative)

DHCR

  • Ocean Village Apartments

References

External links

Coordinates: 40°35′30″N 73°47′02″W / 40.591568°N 73.784008°W / 40.591568; -73.784008


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