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Congressman
Joseph Crowley
Fighting for the People of East Elmhurst
"While
Washington, D.C. may be 250 miles away, the people of my Congressional
District are always forefront on my mind, and everyday I have
the honor of serving you in Congress, your concerns will be paramount."
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Securing $100,000 from the EPA to conduct both an air and noise
quality study for Northwestern Queens, paying particular attention
to the problems brought on by LaGuardia Airport
- Delivering
$647,000 to Elmhurst Hospital for the early prevention and diagnosis
of diseases
- Passing
legislation to bring an additional $6 million over 3 years to
East Elmhurst schools for the Magnet School Assistance Program
- Bringing
$720,000 in Federal funding for the 21st Century Learning Program,
an after-school educational program to keep kids off the street
and in a safe environment
- Delivering
$5.4 million in Federal funds for Flushing Bay and Creek Clean-up
as well as continuing efforts to remove the "finger" dike in
the Bay
East
Elmhurst
East Elmhurst is a neighborhood in north central Queens (1985
pop. 16,500), bounded to the north by La Guardia Airport, to the
east by Flushing Bay, to the south by Northern Boulevard, and
to the west by 85th Street. It was developed in 1905 as a neighborhood
of frame houses on lots measuring forty by one hundred feet (twelve
by thirty meters); those on the bluff overlooking the bay had
private beaches. Before the Second World War the area was wholly
residential, but proximity to the airport brought commercial development
to Ditmars Boulevard.
Vincent Seyfried, Encyclopedia of New York City, Edited by
Kenneth T. Jackson. New Haven, Yale University Press. 1995.
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