DEFINING THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS, NY THROUGH ITS PEOPLE
2.3 million people. As many as 138 languages spoken here. Over 125 different neighborhoods.
Northeastern Queens: Bay Terrace
Bay Terrace is an upperclass sub neighborhood of Bayside. The area was developed around the Bay Terrace Cooperative Apartments built in 1950, then subsequently the Bay Terrace Shopping Center. Bay Terrace overlooks the East River and the approaches to the Throgs Neck Bridge from the Clearview Expressway and Cross Island Parkway.
Pictured is the Bay Terrace Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library system. The Bay Terrace Library offers theater workshops for local teenagers.
G Unit rapper Tony Yayo is a registered Bay Terrace resident.
The History section is in collaboration with Steve Vazquez of Queenscapes.