Kew Gardens

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census-designated place neighborhood residential neighborhood

Kew Gardens is a residential neighborhood in central Queens, New York City, known for its tree-lined streets, prewar apartment buildings, and role as the borough’s civic center.

Aliases (1)

“Kew Gardens” ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place → neighborhood → residential neighborhood →
adjacentTo	Briarwood → Forest Hills → Forest Park NERFINISHED → Kew Gardens Hills → Richmond Hill →
areaCode	347 → 718 → 917 → 929 →
borough	Queens →
city	New York City →
communityDistrict	Queens Community District 9 →
country	United States →
daylightSavingTimeZone	Eastern Daylight Time →
developmentPeriod	early 20th century →
hasCharacteristic	garden apartment complexes → mixed low-rise and mid-rise housing → prewar co-op buildings → primarily residential → single-family homes →
hasGreenSpace	proximity to Forest Park →
hasRailStation	Kew Gardens LIRR station →
knownFor	prewar apartment buildings → role as a civic center of Queens → tree-lined streets →
locatedIn	New York City → New York State → Queens → United States →
namedAfter	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew →
near	Queens Borough Hall → Queens Civil Court → Queens Criminal Court → Queens District Attorney’s Office →
partOf	Borough of Queens →
planningStyle	planned garden community →
policePrecinct	NYPD 102nd Precinct →
postalCode	11415 →
role	civic center of Queens →
servedBySubwayLine	IND Queens Boulevard Line →
servedBySubwayStation	Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike →
servedByTrain	Long Island Rail Road →
state	New York →
streetPattern	curving streets →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Queens → Queens County →	boroughHallLocation
Forest Hills →	borderedBy
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike →	neighborhoodServed
Hogarth Press ("“Kew Gardens”") →	notableWorkPublished
Queens Boulevard →	passesThrough