Poppenhusen Institute

Poppenhusen Institute is a historic building at 114-04 14th Road in College Point, Queens, New York, that housed the first free kindergarten in the United States.

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: LaGuardia Airport and Citi Field.

LaGuardia Airport

Photo: ERIC SALARD, CC BY-SA 2.0.

LaGuardia Airport is the third major airport in the New York area.

Citi Field

Stadium

Photo: Chris6d, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Citi Field is a baseball stadium located… Citi Field is situated 2 miles south of Poppenhusen Institute.

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Stadium

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Arthur Ashe Stadium is a retractable roof tennis arena… Arthur Ashe Stadium is situated 2½ miles south of Poppenhusen Institute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include College Point and Malba.

College Point

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

College Point is a working-middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

Malba

Neighborhood

Whitestone is a residential neighborhood in the…

Linden Hill

Neighborhood

Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central part of the New York City borough of Queens. Linden Hill is situated 1½ miles southeast of Poppenhusen Institute.

Poppenhusen Institute

Type: School
Description: historic building in New York, United States
Categories: historic building and education
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.7844° or 40° 47′ 4″ north

Longitude

-73.85293° or 73° 51′ 11″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

87G8Q4MW+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357616908

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

GeoNames ID

6330359

Wikidata ID

Q7229517

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In Other Languages

“Poppenhusen Institute” goes by many names.

German: “Poppenhusen Institute”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Silverpointe Estates and East Elmhurst.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Mondial and 14th Avenue & 115th Street.

Queens: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.

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