Talk:East Elmhurst, Queens

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I am drastically cutting this down because this is an entry that is colloquial, running on unverified claims, and it potentially even borderline racist.

"The neighborhood of East Elmhurst is located in Community Board 3 [1] and is protected by the New York Police Department's 115th Precinct." this statement is a bit biased. depending on who youre talking to, you can say that this neighbourhood is either protected or threatened by the 115.

whoever Lesko99 and the person with ip address 165.155.208.146 are, they did a real number on this page. going on about dominoes pizza and dunkin donuts.. and self answering questions like

Why did you decide to move to East Elmhurst? People decided to move to East Elmhurst because the transportation is better. Why did people leave their country? People left their country to get a better life because maybe there were problems with jobs and poverty

on a side note, i agree that the 115th precinct is spurious to say the least, but oh well...

i dont know much about him except he was a prominent buisness man in the area and owned Bruno's on the Boulevard and the tennis courts before they were sold and the land was used to make homes. he also had the largest property on 89th st and astoria blvd, you probably recognized it as the property with huge front yard and tall trees. though unfortunately a few years ago some greedy buisness man bought the property, cut down the trees and made a building...essentially kiling the soul of the neighborhood.

someone should research this! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.247.5.216 (talk) 07:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm reinstating the current neighborhood boundary map. According to Dotters711, these are the neighborhood boundaries. But the area north of Northern Boulevard and west of Junction Boulevard is commonly considered to be in Jackson Heights, as per [1] [2]. The Encyclopedia of New York City excludes the area south of Astoria Boulevard and west of Junction Boulevard.

Also pinging @Station1: because we had a similar discussion about the neighborhood of Holmes Airport two months ago. The former airport falls within the disputed area (between the BQE, Astoria, Junction, & Northern Boulevards) and since this is a big area, it would be nice to clearly distinguish the neighborhoods from one another to prevent repetition. epicgenius (talk) 00:39, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

^The map that you inserted showing the overlaps is a good compromise. While the area may be considered as either East Elmhurst or Jackson Heights, it falls within the zip code 11370 which is referred to as East Elmhurst. In addition, the addresses in that area do use East Elmhurst - including St. Michael's Cemetery, Our Lady of Fatima, Monsignor McClancy, Bulova Corporate Center, stores in the Shopping Center, Landing Lights, etc. . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dotters711 (talk • contribs) 11:59, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I do agree this is a good compromise, despite this being a contested region. epicgenius (talk) 14:17, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]