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Kew Garden Hills
Kew Garden Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens. The approximate population is roughly about 39,000 and growing. There are many schools and many shopping areas in the neighborhood and most of them are from the Jewish decent. Kew Garden Hills is also home to Queens College, a liberal arts college and is part of the City University of New York (CUNY). The Queens College law school is also located in Kew Garden Hills.
Kew Garden Hills is also very much associated with real estate. Properties in the neighborhood range from $200,000 for coops and all the way up to $1,500,000 for multifamily homes. Real Estates in Kew Garden Hills is home to many Real Estate Brokerages, plenty of competition in this neighborhood.
Kissena Boulevard is a popular street in Kew Garden Hills, many shops and shopping centers occupy the busy street. Along with Kissena Boulevard Main Street would be the most popular street in Kew Garden Hills. Kew Garden Hills public library is located on Main street and Vleigh place.
Parkway Village was built in the 1940's to house United Nations employees. Parkway Village was originally developed as a rental community with 685 apartment units but they have since been converted to coops.
As mentioned before Kew Garden Hills is very popular in real estate and to give a bit of information about what types of homes are in the area. Most homes in the area are single family attached homes. Very rare will you find detached homes in Kew Garden Hills. Kew Gardens hills is also big on coops. Besides the standard 6 story high rise coops it is also home to infamous 2 story one family looking coops. Most of these coops actually have backyards and those are the ones located on the first floor.
Also we would like to talk about Notable Residents in Kew Garden Hills. Also keep in mind that Kew Garden Hills is also and correctly known as Kew Gardens Hills. Here is the list of notable residents.
Bob Dylan - used to live near Queens College.
Paul Simon - a musician lived at 137-62 70th Road.
Art Garfunkel - musician lived at 136-58 72nd Avenue.
Fran Drescher - actress "The Nanny" lived at 147-49 72nd Avenue.
Michael Landon - actor "Highway to Heaven" he grew up in Kew Garden Hills