'Little Neck' is a community in the
New York City borough (New York City) of
Queens. It is the northeast corner of Queens, bordered on the north by
Little Neck Bay, and on the east by
Great Neck, New York in
Nassau County. Due to this proximity to Nassau, Little Neck remains one of the most
suburban looking areas in
New York City. The southern border is the
Grand Central Parkway. To the west is
Douglaston. The
Little Neck station is the easternmost New York City station on the
Port Washington Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).
Little Neck is home to the busiest of approximately a dozen remaining
railway grade crossings in New York City.
[1]
Littleneck (or little neck)
clams live in the sound, but are not named for this area. They are the smallest size of
quahog clams.
Education
Little Neck, like all areas of New York City, is within the
New York City Department of Education school district.
Little Neck is home to
PS 94 David D. Porter,
PS 221 North Hills, and
PS 811 (a multiple handicap school, formerly known as PS 187, or the Marathon School). It is also home to
Louis Pasteur Middle School 67Q.
Notable residents
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Alan Kalter, announcer on ''
The Late Show with David Letterman''.
[2]
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George Tenet, former
Director of Central Intelligence for the
CIA director. His father was a chef at the diner on the corner of Northern Boulevard and Little Neck Parkway, selling it in 1963. It was later renamed The Jacobean Diner, and is now known as Scobee Diner. He attended PS 94 David D. Porter and Louis Pasteur Middle School 67Q in Little Neck and
Cardozo High School in
Bayside.
[3]
References
1. Perilous Crossings, accessed November 27, 2006
2. Late Show with David Letterman Cast bio: Alan Kalter, accessed December 10, 2006
3. George Tenet is welcome back home in Little Neck, ''Times Ledger'', June 10, 2004
External links
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Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society
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Little Neck Douglaston Community Web Site
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Community Board #11 Queens, NY
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Little Neck Pines Civic Association, Inc.
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Westmoreland Association, Inc.