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Rosedale: Queens' Beginning and End | www.splicetoday.com


Rosedale: Queens’ Beginning and End
Some of Long Island s longest roads begin and end in Rosedale.
Quiet, suburban Rosedale is clustered along the Queens-Nassau County border, between Laurelton in the west and Valley Stream and Woodmere in the east. When visiting the area a couple of years ago, I was struck not by its architecture, which is mostly 1950s and 60s suburban sprawl; I was more impressed with its resemblance to neighboring Nassau. It seems to be a part of Queens only by political considerations.
Until 1898, when New York City expanded to five boroughs, Queens and Nassau were one (very) large county. As you move along the Queens-Nassau border, shown above at Hook Creek and Merrick Boulevards, you can see places where they might as well have never separated. ....

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