Silverpointe Estates

Silverpointe Estates is a neighborhood in Queens, New York. Silverpointe Estates is situated nearby to the neighborhood College Point, as well as near Malba.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whitestone Bridge and College Point Fields.

Whitestone Bridge

Bridge

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The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 678 over the East River. The bridge connects Throggs Neck and Ferry Point Park in the Bronx, on the East River's northern shore, with the Whitestone neighborhood of Queens on the southern shore.

College Point Fields

Park

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College Point Fields is a public park in College Point, Queens, New York City. It is bounded by Ulmer and 130th Streets to the west, 23rd Avenue to the north, Linden Place to the east, and 26th Avenue and the remains of Mill Creek to the south.

Poppenhusen Institute

School

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

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.

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. It is bounded to the south by Whitestone Expressway and Flushing; to the east by 138th Street and Malba/Whitestone; to the north by the East River; and to the west by Flushing Bay.

Malba

Neighborhood

Whitestone is a residential neighborhood in the northernmost part of the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood proper is located between the East River to the north; College Point and Whitestone Expressway to the west; Flushing and 25th Avenue to the south; and Bayside and Francis Lewis Boulevard to the east.