Queensbridge Houses

Queensbridge Houses, also known simply as Queensbridge or QB, is a public housing development in the neighborhood of , New York City.
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  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York, USA
  • Also known as: “Q.B.”, “QB”, “Queensbridge”, “Queensbridge South Houses”, “Queensbridge, New York City”, and “Queensbridge, Queens”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and 21st Street–Queensbridge station.

Bridge
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The Queensboro Bridge, officially the , is a cantilever bridge over the in . Completed in 1909, it connects the neighborhood in the borough of with the and neighborhoods in , passing over . is situated 1,600 feet west of Queensbridge Houses.

Metro station
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The is a local station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 21st Street and 41st Avenue within Queensbridge in , , it is served by the M train only on weekdays during the day and by the F train at night and on weekends. is situated 780 feet east of Queensbridge Houses.

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The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of in . It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the to the east. is situated 1¼ miles west of Queensbridge Houses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Harold Interlocking.

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Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of . It is bordered by to the north; the to the west; to the east; and , which separates Queens from , to the south.

Locality
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is a large railroad junction in . The busiest rail junction in the United States, it serves trains on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Port Washington Branch, which diverge at the junction.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in . It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

Queensbridge Houses

Latitude
40.7546° or 40° 45′ 17″ north
Longitude
-73.94562° or 73° 56′ 44″ west
Open location code
87G8Q333+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 222367607
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Wiki­data ID
Q1292552
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Queensbridge Houses” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cases de Queensbridge”
  • Chinese: “皇后橋住宅”
  • Chinese: “皇后橋屋”
  • Danish: “Queensbridge Houses”
  • Danish: “Queensbridge”
  • Dutch: “Queensbridge”
  • Finnish: “Queensbridge”
  • French: “Queensbridge”
  • German: “Queensbridge Houses”
  • German: “Queensbridge”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズ・ブリッジ (クイーンズ)”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズブリッジ団地”
  • Korean: “퀸스브리지”
  • Polish: “Queensbridge”
  • Portuguese: “Queensbridge”
  • Spanish: “Queensbridge (Queens)”
  • Spanish: “Queensbridge”
  • Swedish: “Queensbridge”
  • Urdu: “کوئینز برج ہاؤسز”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Community Capacity Development and Library Tech Lab at Queensbridge.

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