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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Woodhaven

Sunday, February 19, was a an unseasonably warm winter day.  We took a walk through Woodhaven

Neir's Tavern 87-48 78th Street 


Neir's Tavern, founded in 1829 is one of the oldest continuously open establishments in the country.  Mae West is reported to have been one of its most famous patron and the bar has a display of memorabilia related to her time there.  The movies Goodfella  and Tower Heist were filmed there.



88-30 88th Road




8719 88th Ave,Saint Thomas the Apostle Church



A set of buildings including the church itself, a school and the convent give evidence to the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in  the community.




88th Street
87 Street


Two  blocks of interesting homes built to house the factory workers in the last century.




Murals on Atlantic Avenue between the London Planetree Playground and the  Clocktower.











The Clocktower
On Atlantic Avenue at 90th Street is a shopping center with a brick clock tower. It is the remains of the Lalance and Grosjean Factory which manufactured enamel kitchenware from the 1863 to the 1950s.




Right off Woodhaven Boulevard on 95 Street is one of the few remaining mansions that lined Woodhaven Boulevard in the past.