![]() ![]() According to 2009 census data, however, the neighborhood had 16,100 residents, 44 percent of whom residents are white, 24 percent Asian, 14 percent black, 29 percent Hispanic, and 3 percent identify as multiracial. Census Bureau, but this also includes part of Auburndale north of the Long Island Expressway, while excluding Hillcrest. Zip codes 1136 together have an estimated population of 59,873 as of 2017, according to the U.S. Population estimates of Fresh Meadows vary widely depending on which boundaries are considered. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, Fresh Meadows is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 54% in Fresh Meadows, slightly higher than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. One in eleven residents (9%) were unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. In 2018, an estimated 22% of Fresh Meadows residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 10% and 15% respectively.Īs of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 8 was $64,005. Most inhabitants are middle-aged adults and youth: 20% are between the ages of 0–17, 28% between 25–44, and 27% between 45–64. This is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. The entirety of Community Board 8, which comprises Fresh Meadows as well as Kew Gardens Hills and Jamaica Hills, had 156,217 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 83.9 years. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.9% (1,763) of the population. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 32.9% (5,864) White, 7.6% (1,355) African American, 0.1% (17) Native American, 47.1% (8,381) Asian, 0% (2) Pacific Islander, 0.4% (74) from other races, and 2% (356) from two or more races. Covering an area of 636.38 acres (257.53 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 28 inhabitants per acre (18,000/sq mi 6,900/km 2). In 1949, Lewis Mumford described the Fresh Meadows housing complex as "perhaps the most positive and exhilarating example of large-scale community planning in this country."īased on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Fresh Meadows (including Utopia but excluding Hillcrest) was 17,812, a change of 439 (2.5%) from the 17,373 counted in 2000. The complex and its eponymous shopping center were among the first in the United States designed primarily to accommodate automobile rather than pedestrian traffic. It was also built to house local World War II veterans. New York Life Insurance Company did not allow black individuals to live in the Fresh Meadows Housing Development. In February 1946, the land was sold to New York Life Insurance Company, and it became the Fresh Meadows Housing Development. In 1937, the golf course hosted a charity game between John Montague, Babe Ruth, Babe Didrikson, and Sylvania Annenberg, a game that was watched by 10,000 fans, some of whom rushed the golf course and left Babe Ruth's shirt in tatters. The PGA Championship was held at Fresh Meadow Country Club in 1930, and the U.S. The country club was named after an area northeast of Flushing even though it was actually located southeast of Flushing, just south of what is presently the Long Island Expressway near 183rd Street. In 1908, the mysterious sounds were discovered to be coming from a recluse who lived in a small hut and sang Irish folk songs at night.įresh Meadow Country Club opened in 1923. For several years, the woods of Black Stump were rumored to be haunted because people heard strange sounds coming from the woods. Black Stump School was located at present-day Utopia Playground, at 73rd Avenue and Utopia Parkway. The road took its name from this feature, and was called "Black Stump Road." During the 19th century, a farming community known as Black Stump developed in the area. This road began at what is now the intersection of Utopia Parkway and 73rd Avenue, near a local landmark along the Fresh Meadows Road: the remnants of a large tree that had burned after being struck by lightning, and that was known as the "Black Stump". ![]() To facilitate the transport of military supplies from British ships using the Whitestone Landing and the troops encamped further east, a new road was built to connect the Fresh Meadows Road with Hempstead. General Benedict Arnold drilled his troops in the area, on the current location of M.S. During the American Revolution, British troops were encamped in the area. ![]()
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