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    Kissena Creek (also Mill Creek or Ireland Mill Creek) is a buried stream located in the neighborhoods of Flushing, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, and Kew Gardens...
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  • Kissena refers to several locations in the borough of Queens, New York City, U.S.: Kissena Boulevard Kissena Creek Kissena Park This disambiguation page...
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    located along the subterranean Kissena Creek, which flows into the Flushing River. It is bordered on the west by Kissena Boulevard; on the north by Rose...
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    garden, centered around the garden's location above the underground Kissena Creek. Several improvements were made over the following years, including...
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    halves. Until the 20th century, the Flushing Creek was fed by three tributaries: Mill Creek and Kissena Creek on the eastern bank, and Horse Brook on the...
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    Garden Botanical Area" (extending east of the fair grounds along the Kissena Creek corridor, housing the Queens Botanical Garden), the "Historic World's...
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    with Lander College, it was built on marshland that is the source for Kissena Creek. Six Spanish-style buildings built about 1908 for the New York Parental...
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    Gateway National Recreation Area) John Golden Park Juniper Valley Park Kissena Park Kohlreiter Square Libra Triangle Linnaeus Park Little Bay Park Louis...
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    on the north side of Kissena Park. The nurseries are also commemorated in the names of west–east avenues that intersect Kissena Boulevard; the streets...
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    Spring Creek Park is a public park along the Jamaica Bay shoreline between the neighborhoods of Howard Beach, Queens, and Spring Creek, Brooklyn, in New...
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    Chinatown. However, Chinatown continues to expand southeastward along Kissena Boulevard and northward beyond Northern Boulevard. The Flushing–Main Street...
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    assigned to clear trees downed by rare tornadoes in Prospect Park and Kissena Park in New York City, their first deployment to an urban setting. On November...
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    Alley Pond Park (redirect from Alley Creek)
    cottage near what is now Northern Boulevard. Mills were built on Alley Creek by Englishmen Thomas Hicks and James Hedges. The valley also contained the...
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    By the late 19th century, Bushwick Creek had been used as a sewage outflow from the surrounding area. The creek itself was infilled through various stages...
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    created a nursery in Queens in 1868. The nursery was later transported to Kissena Park, where it became a keystone of Flushing's horticultural industry until...
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    mainly a fertile salt marsh which is supplied with freshwater from Gerritsen Creek. Marine Park consists of recreational park areas and the Salt Marsh Nature...
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    Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard, 127th Street Q25 LTD Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue – JFK Airport Subway station College Point Parsons Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard...
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    Government Parks. Nycgovparks.org (2004-04-21). Retrieved on 2012-01-13. Kissena Velodrome. kissenavelodrome.info. Retrieved on 2018-04-14. LA Velodrome...
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    Givans Creek Woods is a 10.73-acre (4.34 ha) wooded area near Co-op City in The Bronx, New York City. Robert Givan emigrated to the area (at the time...
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  • located on Staten Island's East Shore and part of the main channel of the New Creek stream and the Staten Island Bluebelt. Located on the northeast migration...
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    Hinton Hoffman Hook Creek Hunter's Point Idlewild Jamaica Bay Joe Sabba John Golden Judge Moses Weinstein Playground Juniper Valley Kissena Kohlreiter Square...
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    Washington Park, on Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. Gowanus Creek once ran nearby, but today the southeastern branch of the Gowanus Canal...
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    Downtown Flushing near Flushing Creek. It ran east to Main Street, then south along Main Street and Jamaica Avenue (now Kissena Boulevard) to Sanford Avenue...
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    Greeks, as well as Latino Americans. The busy intersection of Main Street, Kissena Boulevard, and 41st Avenue defines the center of Downtown Flushing and...
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    then the LIRR's Central Branch,: 53–55  in the current right-of-way of Kissena Corridor Park.: 277  Eleven days later, the PSC announced its intent to...
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    walls, up to 20 feet (6.1 m) thick, faced with granite blocks. This Stony Creek granite came from the Beattie Quarry in Branford, Connecticut. The concrete...
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