Beechhurst, Queens

Beechhurst is a neighborhood in the northeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is northeast of Whitestone, bordered by the East River to the north, the Cross Island Parkway to the south, and the approaches to the Throgs Neck and Whitestone bridges to the east and west, respectively. It is also bordered by the westernmost section of Long Island Sound.

Beechhurst
Neighborhood of Queens
The Throgs Neck Bridge as seen from Little Bay in Beechhurst
Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40.79°N 73.8°W / 40.79; -73.8
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
County	Queens
ZIP code	11357
Area codes	718, 347, 929, and 917

Beechhurst is an area with a diverse mix of housing. Beechhurst is part of the New York City Police Department's 109th Precinct and is part of Queens Community District 7.^[1]

During the silent film era, Beechhurst was a favorite vacation area for the rich and famous. Estates lined the waterfront, including the Arthur and Dorothy Dalton Hammerstein House, the former house of Arthur Hammerstein and Dorothy Dalton, which is a New York City designated landmark.^[2] The Beechhurst Towers hotel (now a co-op apartment building) was a favorite of actress Mary Pickford and was frequented by many Broadway and early movie stars, including the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.

Industrialist Harvey Firestone owned an estate on the Beechhurst waterfront, visited frequently by his son’s friends Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Transportation

The New York City Bus's Q15, Q15A local bus provides access to and from the New York City Subway's Flushing–Main Street station (7 and <7>​ trains) on the IRT Flushing Line. The MTA Bus Company's QM2, QM32 express bus provides express bus service to Manhattan.^[3]

Notable people

• Arthur Hammerstein (1872–1955) built a mansion facing Long Island Sound. He lived there for several years with his wife, the actress Dorothy Dalton, but sold the estate during the Great Depression in order to raise money for his theater operations.^[2]
• Anne Paolucci (1926–2012), writer, scholar and educator.^[4]

References

1. Queens Boards, New York City. Accessed January 26, 2024.
2. "Arthur and Dorothy Dalton Hammerstein House, Wildflower" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. July 27, 1982. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
3. "Queens Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
4. "Ronald Reagan: Appointment of 11 Members of the National Graduate Fellows Program Fellowship Board" Archived 2017-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, The American Presidency Project, July 10, 1985. Accessed September 30, 2007. "Anne Paolucci is a professor of English at St. John's University. She graduated from Barnard College (B.A., 1947) and Columbia University (M.A., 1950; Ph.D., 1963). She was born July 31, 1926, in Rome, Italy, and now resides in Beechurst, NY."