53-51 111th St
Corona, NY 11368
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53-51 111th St
Corona, NY 11368
(718) 271-1500
Rego Center Phase I and Phase II are the names of a shopping mall bordered by Long Island Expressway, Junction Boulevard, Queens Boulevard, 63rd Drive, and 99th Street in Rego Park, Queens, New York. The mall was built on the grounds of the former "Fairyland" amusement park.Property overviewThe property was originally Alexander's, a New York City discount department store.Phase II of the mall, which is an annex to the already open Phase I, opened on March 3, 2010 with 950000sqft of retail space. Costco, Kohl's, Century 21, T.J. Maxx, and Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us have opened. Retailers also include Bed Bath and Beyond, Marshalls, Old Navy, Burlington Coat Factory and Sears in Phase I. An Aldi supermarket also opened on level 1 in February 2011. The nearest competitor malls are Queens Center and Queens Place Mall., Vornado Realty Trust, the mall's owner, is developing a 312-unit residential tower on top of the mall's phase II, due to a surge in young professionals moving into the area. About 20% of the units are studio apartments, with the rest being one- and two-bedroom apartments.
The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament. The tournament is the modern version of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, for which men's singles was first contested in 1881. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year; the other three, in chronological order, are the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon.The US Open is held annually, starting on the last Monday in August, and lasting for two weeks into September, with the middle weekend coinciding with the Labor Day holiday. The main tournament consists of five event championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for senior, junior, and wheelchair players. Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. The US Open is owned and organized by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), a not-for-profit organization. Net proceeds from ticket sales, sponsorships, and television deals are used to promote the development of tennis in the United States.
High School for Arts and Business is a public high school in New York City, located in Corona in the borough of Queens. It has an enrollment of 779.As of May 2008, HSAB is the top school in all of New York City, and is voted 219 on the list of top High Schools in the nation. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the New York City Department of Education, and has an overall 90% graduation rate with most students going to college. The school is close to the Long Island Expressway minutes away from shopping stores, and businesses. Arts and Business ranked 223 on Newsweek Magazine's 2006 list of the country's best public high schools. It was the highest-ranked of New York City's schools, of which nine made the 1,139-school list. It is 21 in all of NYC. The rankings evaluated schools by the ratio of Advanced Placement exams taken by the number of students graduating.FacilitiesThe building was previously utilized as a bowling alley. Later, on February 1, 1973, the building was first occupied as a school, Newtown High School Annex. The building once known as " the windowless building" now has windows on the first and second floors. The building that was once a bowling alley, but manages to make good use of its limited facilities. Common areas are clean and decorated with student work. There are no outdoor fields or gym, but physical education classes take place in a dance/aerobics room and well-equipped weight room.Extracurricular activitiesThe schools sports are baseball for boys, track for both boys and girls, soccer for boys and girls, and handball for boys and girls.
Mount Hebron is a Jewish cemetery located in the Flushing neighborhood of the borough of Queens, in New York City. It was founded in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery, and occupies the majority of the grounds at Cedar Grove. The cemetery is on the former Spring Hill estate of colonial governor Cadwallader D. Colden. It is noted for its Yiddish theater section. About 217,000 people have been buried in Mount Hebron since it opened.There is a large Workmen's Circle section in both Cedar Grove and Mount Hebron Cemetery, with about 12,000 burials of Jewish and non-Jewish members of the Workmen's Circle.There is also a large monument erected by immigrants and descendants of immigrants from the city of Grodno in what is today western Belarus. The monument is dedicated "In memoriam to our dear parents, brothers and sisters of the city of Grodno and environs who were brutally persecuted and slain by the Nazis during World War II.". This is one of several such monuments in the cemetery.A part of Mount Hebron Cemetery's block 67 is reserved for people who worked in New York City's Yiddish theater industry.
The Queens Jewish Center, also known as Queens Jewish Center and Talmud Torah or QJC, is a synagogue in Forest Hills, Queens, New York known for its significant contributions to the Jewish community. The synagogue was established by a dozen families in 1943 to serve the growing central Queens Jewish community. The current spiritual leader is Rabbi Simcha Hopkovitz.Organization AffiliationsThe Queens Jewish Center is a member of the following Jewish organizations: Orthodox Union (OU)Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC)Vaad Harabonim of Queens (VHQ)ServicesQueens Jewish Center has services every day of the week, including holidays.ArchitectureThe Queens Jewish Center building won honorable mention in the 1955 Queens Chamber of Commerce, Annual Building Awards. The architect was David Moed of Manhattan and the Builder was the LeFrak Organization.The structure actually consists of two separate buildings. On October 3, 1946 an option was taken on the vacant plot where both Synagogue buildings now stand. Ground was first broken for the first building (also referred to as the Talmud Torah building or Bais Hamedrash building) during an elaborate ceremony on June 5, 1949, by Judge Paul Balsam and Center President Herman A. Levine. The ground-breaking for the Main Synagogue building took place on June 21, 1953 and was made possible by generous benefactor, Mr. Harry LeFrak.Rabbi TenureRabbi Eliezer Harbater (1943-1946)Rabbi Aryeh Gotlieb (1946-1949)Rabbi Morris Max (1949-1966)Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt (1967-2006)Rabbi Benjamin Geiger (2007-2013)Rabbi Simcha Hopkovitz (2013-Present)Notable MembersHarry LeFrakRabbi Dr. Bernard LanderJudge Paul Balsam
RKO Keith's Theater is a historic RKO Pictures movie theater located in the Flushing section of the New York City borough of Queens. It was designed by noted theater architect Thomas W. Lamb (1871–1942) and built in 1928. It has a plain three story exterior facade, but the auditorium interior was designed in a Spanish Baroque Revival style. The theater contained approximately 2,974 seats.
The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament. The tournament is the modern version of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, for which men's singles was first contested in 1881. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year; the other three, in chronological order, are the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon.The US Open is held annually, starting on the last Monday in August, and lasting for two weeks into September, with the middle weekend coinciding with the Labor Day holiday. The main tournament consists of five event championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for senior, junior, and wheelchair players. Since 1978, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. The US Open is owned and organized by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), a not-for-profit organization. Net proceeds from ticket sales, sponsorships, and television deals are used to promote the development of tennis in the United States.
High School for Arts and Business is a public high school in New York City, located in Corona in the borough of Queens. It has an enrollment of 779.As of May 2008, HSAB is the top school in all of New York City, and is voted 219 on the list of top High Schools in the nation. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the New York City Department of Education, and has an overall 90% graduation rate with most students going to college. The school is close to the Long Island Expressway minutes away from shopping stores, and businesses. Arts and Business ranked 223 on Newsweek Magazine's 2006 list of the country's best public high schools. It was the highest-ranked of New York City's schools, of which nine made the 1,139-school list. It is 21 in all of NYC. The rankings evaluated schools by the ratio of Advanced Placement exams taken by the number of students graduating.FacilitiesThe building was previously utilized as a bowling alley. Later, on February 1, 1973, the building was first occupied as a school, Newtown High School Annex. The building once known as " the windowless building" now has windows on the first and second floors. The building that was once a bowling alley, but manages to make good use of its limited facilities. Common areas are clean and decorated with student work. There are no outdoor fields or gym, but physical education classes take place in a dance/aerobics room and well-equipped weight room.Extracurricular activitiesThe schools sports are baseball for boys, track for both boys and girls, soccer for boys and girls, and handball for boys and girls.
The Queens Jewish Center, also known as Queens Jewish Center and Talmud Torah or QJC, is a synagogue in Forest Hills, Queens, New York known for its significant contributions to the Jewish community. The synagogue was established by a dozen families in 1943 to serve the growing central Queens Jewish community. The current spiritual leader is Rabbi Simcha Hopkovitz.Organization AffiliationsThe Queens Jewish Center is a member of the following Jewish organizations: Orthodox Union (OU)Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC)Vaad Harabonim of Queens (VHQ)ServicesQueens Jewish Center has services every day of the week, including holidays.ArchitectureThe Queens Jewish Center building won honorable mention in the 1955 Queens Chamber of Commerce, Annual Building Awards. The architect was David Moed of Manhattan and the Builder was the LeFrak Organization.The structure actually consists of two separate buildings. On October 3, 1946 an option was taken on the vacant plot where both Synagogue buildings now stand. Ground was first broken for the first building (also referred to as the Talmud Torah building or Bais Hamedrash building) during an elaborate ceremony on June 5, 1949, by Judge Paul Balsam and Center President Herman A. Levine. The ground-breaking for the Main Synagogue building took place on June 21, 1953 and was made possible by generous benefactor, Mr. Harry LeFrak.Rabbi TenureRabbi Eliezer Harbater (1943-1946)Rabbi Aryeh Gotlieb (1946-1949)Rabbi Morris Max (1949-1966)Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt (1967-2006)Rabbi Benjamin Geiger (2007-2013)Rabbi Simcha Hopkovitz (2013-Present)Notable MembersHarry LeFrakRabbi Dr. Bernard LanderJudge Paul Balsam
Rego Center Phase I and Phase II are the names of a shopping mall bordered by Long Island Expressway, Junction Boulevard, Queens Boulevard, 63rd Drive, and 99th Street in Rego Park, Queens, New York. The mall was built on the grounds of the former "Fairyland" amusement park.Property overviewThe property was originally Alexander's, a New York City discount department store.Phase II of the mall, which is an annex to the already open Phase I, opened on March 3, 2010 with 950000sqft of retail space. Costco, Kohl's, Century 21, T.J. Maxx, and Toys "R" Us/Babies "R" Us have opened. Retailers also include Bed Bath and Beyond, Marshalls, Old Navy, Burlington Coat Factory and Sears in Phase I. An Aldi supermarket also opened on level 1 in February 2011. The nearest competitor malls are Queens Center and Queens Place Mall., Vornado Realty Trust, the mall's owner, is developing a 312-unit residential tower on top of the mall's phase II, due to a surge in young professionals moving into the area. About 20% of the units are studio apartments, with the rest being one- and two-bedroom apartments.
RKO Keith's Theater is a historic RKO Pictures movie theater located in the Flushing section of the New York City borough of Queens. It was designed by noted theater architect Thomas W. Lamb (1871–1942) and built in 1928. It has a plain three story exterior facade, but the auditorium interior was designed in a Spanish Baroque Revival style. The theater contained approximately 2,974 seats.