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Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in the central area of the New York City borough of Queens. Kew Gardens is bounded to the north by the Union Turnpike and the Jackie Robinson Parkway, to the east by the Van Wyck Expressway and 131st Street, to the south by Hillside Avenue, and to the west by Park Lane, Abingdon Road, and 118th Street. Forest Park is to the west and the neighborhood of Forest Hills to the northwest, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park north, Richmond Hill south, Briarwood southeast, and Kew Gardens Hills east.

Kew Gardens is located in Queens Community District 9 and its ZIP Code is 11415.<ref name="NYCPlanning"/> It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 102nd Precinct.<ref name="NYPD 102nd Precinct"/> Politically, Kew Gardens is represented by the New York City Council's 29th District.<ref>Current City Council Districts for Queens County, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.</ref> It is located within New York's 5th congressional district.

History

Early development

Kew Gardens was one of seven planned garden communities built in Queens from the late 19th century to 1950.<ref name="New York Real Estate: Kew Gardens">"New York Real Estate: Kew Gardens" Template:Webarchive, AM New York, August 28, 2008. Accessed July 4, 2009.</ref> Much of the area was acquired in 1868 by Englishman Albon P. Man, who developed the neighborhood of Hollis Hill to the south, chiefly along Jamaica Avenue, while leaving the hilly land to the north undeveloped.<ref name="Thinking">Donovan, Aaron. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Kew Gardens, Queens; Small-Town Feeling at a Busy Crossroads", The New York Times, October 15, 2000. Accessed August 27, 2018.</ref>

Maple Grove Cemetery on Kew Gardens Road opened in 1875. A Long Island Rail Road station was built for mourners in October and trains stopped there from mid-November. The station was named Hopedale, after Hopedale Hall, a hotel located at what is now Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike. In the 1890s, the executors of Man's estate laid out the Queens Bridge Golf Course on the hilly terrains south of the railroad. This remained in use until it was bisected in 1908 by the main line of the Long Island Rail Road, which had been moved Template:Convert to the south to eliminate a curve. The golf course was then abandoned and a new station was built in 1909 on Lefferts Boulevard. Man's heirs, Aldrick Man and Albon Man Jr., decided to lay out a new community and called it at first Kew and then Kew Gardens after the well-known botanical gardens in England.<ref name="kewname"/> The architects of the development favored English and neo-Tudor styles, which still predominate in many sections of the neighborhood.

Urbanization

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Maple Grove Cemetery entrance on Queens Boulevard

In 1910, the property was sold piecemeal by the estate and during the next few years streets were extended, land graded and water and sewer pipes installed.Template:Citation needed The first apartment building was the Kew Bolmer at 80Template:Hyphen45 Kew Gardens Road, erected in 1915;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a clubhouse followed in 1916 and a private school, Kew-Forest School, in 1918. In 1920, the Kew Gardens Inn at the railroad station opened for residential guests, who paid $40 a week for a room and a bath with meals. Elegant one-family houses were built in the 1920s, as were apartment buildings such as Colonial Hall (1921) and Kew Hall (1922) that numbered more than twenty by 1936.

In July 1933, the Grand Central Parkway opened from the Kew Gardens Interchange to the edge of Nassau County.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Two years later, the Interboro (now Jackie Robinson) Parkway was opened, linking Kew Gardens to Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since the parkways used part of the roadbed of Union Turnpike, no houses were demolished.

Around the same time, the construction of the Queens Boulevard subway line offered the possibility of quick commutes to the central business district in Midtown Manhattan. In the late 1920s, speculators, upon learning the route of the proposed line, quickly bought up property on and around Queens Boulevard, and real estate prices soared, and older buildings were demolished in order to make way for new development.<ref name=":04"/><ref>

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Following the line's completion, there was an increase in the property values of buildings around Queens Boulevard.<ref>

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  • Template:Cite news</ref> For example, a property along Queens Boulevard that would have sold for $1,200 in 1925, would have sold for $10,000 in 1930.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Queens Boulevard, prior to the construction of the subway, was just a route to allow people to get to Jamaica, running through farmlands. Since the construction of the line, the area of the thoroughfare that stretches from Rego Park to Kew Gardens has been home to apartment buildings, and a thriving business district that the Chamber of Commerce calls the "Golden Area".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Later years

Despite its historical significance, Kew Gardens lacks any landmark protection.<ref name="New York Real Estate: Kew Gardens" />

On November 22, 1950, two Long Island Rail Road trains collided in Kew Gardens. The trains collided between Kew Gardens and Jamaica stations, killing 78 people and injuring 363. The crash became the worst railway accident in LIRR history, and one of the worst in the history of New York state.<ref name=RichmondHillHistory>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1964, the neighborhood gained news notoriety when Kitty Genovese was murdered near the Kew Gardens Long Island Rail Road station. A New York Times article reported that none of the neighbors responded when she cried for help.<ref>A Picture History of Kew Gardens, NY – Kitty Genovese – The popular account of the Kitty Genovese murder is mostly wrong as shown by the evidence from her killer's trial and other sources Template:Webarchive</ref> The story came to represent the apathy and anonymity of urban life. The circumstances of the case are disputed to this day. It has been alleged that the critical fact reported by The New York Times that "none of the neighbors responded" was false. The case of Kitty Genovese is an oft-cited example of the bystander effect, and the case that originally spurred research on this social psychological phenomenon.<ref>Dowd, Maureen. "20 Years After The Murder Of Kitty Genovese, The Question Remains: Why?", The New York Times, March 12, 1984. Accessed August 27, 2018.</ref>

Land use

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A typical house in Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens remains a densely populated residential community, with a mix of one-family homes, apartments, co-ops and others converted and on the way or being converted as condominiums. A new hotel has been completed on 82nd Avenue, reflecting a modernization of the area. However, it is filled mainly with apartment buildings between four and ten stories high; while many are rentals, some are Housing cooperatives (co-ops). Although there are no New York City Housing Authority complexes in Kew Gardens, Mitchell-Lama buildings provide stabilized rental prices for families or individuals who may need help paying rent. On 83rd Avenue there is a 32-story Mitchell-Lama building. Along the borders of Richmond Hill, Briarwood, and Jamaica, smaller attached houses exist. Many of these are two or three family homes. Expensive single family homes are located around the Forest Park area. However, many owners are selling out their detached homes to developers who teardown and convert them into apartment housing or more expensive, lavish mini-estate houses. This has brought demographic change.

The neighborhood also has many airline personnel because of its proximity to the MTA's Template:NYC bus link bus line to John F. Kennedy International Airport, as well as to Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways and other airlines' special shuttles that serve pilots and flight attendants staying in Kew Gardens.

Kew Gardens's commercial center is Lefferts Boulevard between Austin Street and Metropolitan Avenue. Major attractions include the Kew Gardens Cinemas, a 1930s art deco movie theater that has been converted into a six-screen multiplex and shows a mix of commercial, independent, and foreign films.<ref>"Cinema Treasures- Kew Gardens Cinemas", November 2017. Accessed November 15, 2017.</ref> Lefferts is also home to the only bookstore in central Queens, Kew & Willow Books.<ref>"Kew Gardens to Get Its First Bookstore in Decades" Template:Webarchive, May 2017. Accessed May 24, 2017.</ref>

Points of interest

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First Church of Kew Gardens

Forest Park is the third-largest park in Queens and is located to the west of Kew Gardens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> The Wisconsin Glacier retreated from Long Island some 20,000 years ago, leaving behind the hills that now are part of Forest Park.<ref name="NYCPks-ForestPark">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The park was home to the Rockaway, Delaware and Lenape Native Americans until Dutch West India Company settlers arrived in 1634 and began establishing towns and pushing the tribes out.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The park contains the largest continuous oak forest in Queens.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Inside the park, the Forest Park Carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.<ref name="nris2">Template:NRISref</ref>

In addition to Maple Grove Cemetery, the Ralph Bunche House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also a designated National Historic Landmark.<ref name="nris2"/>

The county's civic center, Queens Borough Hall, along with one of the county criminal courts, stand at the northern end of the neighborhood, on Queens Boulevard, in a complex extending from Union Turnpike to Hoover Avenue. Adjacent to Borough Hall is a retired New York City Subway R33 (Redbird) which lies on a fake track as well as a platform. Visitors used to be able to go inside the car, but it was closed in 2015 due to lack of visitors<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and sold in 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Demographics

Based on data from the 2010 United States census, the population of Kew Gardens was 23,278, a decrease of 610 (2.6%) from the 23,888 counted in 2000. Covering an area of Template:Convert, the neighborhood had a population density of Template:Convert.<ref name="PLP5">Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.</ref>

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 49.3% (11,478) White, 6.5% (1,515) African American, 0.2% (37) Native American, 15.6% (3,628) Asian, 0.0% (11) Pacific Islander, 1.1% (257) from other races, and 3.0% (701) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.3% (5,651) of the population.<ref name="PLP3A">Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

The entirety of Community Board 9, which comprises Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, and Woodhaven, had 148,465 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.3 years.<ref name="CHP2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp This is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 22% are between the ages of between 0–17, 30% between 25–44, and 27% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 17% and 7% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 9 was $69,916.<ref name="CB6PUMA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2018, an estimated 22% of Kew Gardens and Woodhaven residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. One in twelve residents (8%) were unemployed, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 55% in Kew Gardens and Woodhaven, higher than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, Template:As of, Kew Gardens and Woodhaven are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

Demographic changes

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Kew Gardens Synagogue is one of several synagogues and other houses of worship in Kew Gardens, Queens.

The Hispanic and Asian populations in Kew Gardens have grown since the 2000 United States census. At the time, the demographics were 66.2% White, 13.0% Asian, 7.0% African American, 0.3% Native American, and 7.4% of other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.0% of the population.<ref>"Kew Gardens—Quiet and Leafy Location" Template:Webarchive, Queens Chronicle, June 12, 2008. Accessed July 4, 2009.</ref>

Kew Gardens is ethnically diverse. A large community of Jewish refugees from Germany took shape in the area after the Second World War which is reflected still today by the number of active synagogues in the area.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The neighborhood attracted many Chinese immigrants after 1965, about 2,500 Iranian Jews arrived after the Iranian Revolution of 1979,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and immigrants from China, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, the former Soviet Union, India, Bangladesh and Korea settled in Kew Gardens during the 1980s and 1990s. Currently, Kew Gardens has a growing population of Bukharian Jews from Uzbekistan, alongside a significant Orthodox Jewish community.<ref name=Thinking/> Also many immigrants from Central America, and South America call Kew Gardens home, as well as immigrants from Japan.

The increase of the Korean population followed the renovation and rededication of the First Church of Kew Gardens, which offers Korean-language services. In recent years, young professionals and Manhattanites looking for greenery, park-like atmosphere and spacious apartments have moved to the area.Template:Citation needed

Major development in the neighborhood, such as the construction of new apartment complexes and multi-family homes, has resulted in great demographic change as well. Immigrants from Latin America, Guyana, South Asia and East Asia, and the Middle East (especially Israel), have moved into these new developments. Even the local cuisine reflects this diversity in Kew Gardens, with Russian, Italian, Indian, Pakistani, and Uzbek dining available to residents and visitors. Many religious groups such as Jews, Muslims, and Hindus, can shop at local markets and bazaars that cater to their religious-food needs.Template:Citation needed

Economy

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JetBlue's former headquarters at 80-02 Kew Gardens Road

Kew Gardens has many locally owned businesses and restaurants especially on Lefferts Boulevard, Metropolitan Avenue, Austin Street, and Kew Gardens Road. The courthouse is very profitable, as is transportation to the area; however, neither profit the neighborhood directly, but instead serve as an incentive to move to the area. The cost of living in the neighborhood (as of 2015) is $62,900.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Pilots and flight attendants who stay in Kew Gardens in between John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport flights also affect the local economy.

Saudi Arabian Airlines operates an office in Suite 401 at 80–02 Kew Gardens Road in Kew Gardens.<ref>"Ministry Addresses in the U.S. Template:Webarchive." Embassy of Saudi Arabia Washington D.C. Accessed on January 5, 2008.</ref>

Police and crime

Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, and Woodhaven are patrolled by the 102nd Precinct of the NYPD, located at 87-34 118th Street.<ref name="NYPD 102nd Precinct">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 102nd Precinct ranked 22nd safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:As of, with a non-fatal assault rate of 43 per 100,000 people, Kew Gardens and Woodhaven's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 345 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

The 102nd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 90.2% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 24 rapes, 101 robberies, 184 felony assaults, 104 burglaries, 285 grand larcenies, and 99 grand larcenies auto in 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Fire safety

There are no fire stations in Kew Gardens itself, but the surrounding area contains two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations:<ref>Template:Cite FDNY locations</ref>

  • Engine Co. 305/Ladder Co. 151 – 111-02 Queens Boulevard, in Forest Hills<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Squad 270/Division 13 – 91-45 121st Street, in Richmond Hill<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Health

Template:As of, preterm births are more common in Kew Gardens and Woodhaven than in other places citywide, though births to teenage mothers are less common. In Kew Gardens and Woodhaven, there were 92 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 15.7 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp Kew Gardens and Woodhaven have a higher than average population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Kew Gardens and Woodhaven is Template:Convert, less than the city average.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp Eleven percent of Kew Gardens and Woodhaven residents are smokers, which is lower than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp In Kew Gardens and Woodhaven, 23% of residents are obese, 14% are diabetic, and 22% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 22%, 8%, and 23% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp In addition, 22% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

Eighty-six percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is about the same as the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 78% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", equal to the city's average of 78%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp For every supermarket in Kew Gardens and Woodhaven, there are 11 bodegas.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

The nearest major hospitals are Long Island Jewish Forest Hills and Jamaica Hospital.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Post offices and ZIP Code

Kew Gardens is covered by the ZIP Code 11415.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The United States Post Office operates two post offices nearby:

  • Kew Gardens Station – 83-30 Austin Street<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Borough Hall Station – 120-55 Queens Boulevard<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Education

Kew Gardens and Woodhaven generally have a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city Template:As of. While 34% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 22% have less than a high school education and 43% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp The percentage of Kew Gardens and Woodhaven students excelling in math rose from 34% in 2000 to 61% in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 39% to 48% during the same time period.<ref name=":17">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Kew Gardens and Woodhaven's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Kew Gardens and Woodhaven, 17% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, lower than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp<ref name=":21" />Template:Rp Additionally, 79% of high school students in Kew Gardens and Woodhaven graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.<ref name="CHP2018" />Template:Rp

Schools

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PS 99 Main Building on Kew Gardens Road

Private schools in Kew Gardens include Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe, Bais Yaakov of Queens, and Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah. The only public school in Kew Gardens is PS 99.<ref>"P.S. 99 Kew Gardens School", InsideSchools, September 2006. Accessed July 4, 2009.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Libraries

The Queens Public Library operates two branches near Kew Gardens:

  • The Richmond Hill branch at 118-14 Hillside Avenue<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • The Briarwood branch at 85-12 Main Street<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Transportation

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The Kew Gardens subway station

The neighborhood is served by the New York City Subway's Template:NYCS trains at the Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike subway station, and by the Template:NYCS trains at the 121st Street subway station. In addition, Long Island Rail Road's City Terminal Zone stops at the Kew Gardens station.<ref name="MTA-KewGardensMap-2015">Template:Cite NYCS map</ref> New York City Bus routes include the Template:NYC bus link local routes, as well as express bus routes to Manhattan.<ref>Template:Cite NYC bus map</ref>

The neighborhood is accessible by car from Interstate 678 (Van Wyck Expressway), Grand Central Parkway, Jackie Robinson Parkway, Queens Boulevard, and Union Turnpike. These all intersect at the Kew Gardens Interchange.<ref name=MTA-KewGardensMap-2015/>

Notable people

Template:Category Notable residents of Kew Gardens include:

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George Gershwin
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Dorothy Parker

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  • Norman Lewis (1915–2006), Olympic fencer<ref>"US Olympians Pick Staffers", The News, August 16, 1968. Accessed October 30, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "The United States Olympic Fencing Games Committee has named a five man administrative and technical, staff to accompany States Olympic Fencing Team to Mexico in Oct. The non-fencing team captain will be Norman L. Lewis of Kew Gardens, N.Y. William Latzko of West New York, N.J. has been named manager, and Daniel DeChaine of Los Angeles will be the team's armorer."</ref>
  • Josef Lhevinne (1874–1944), concert pianist<ref name="Neighborhood at Risk: Kew Gardens">"Neighborhood at Risk: Kew Gardens" Template:Webarchive, Historic Districts Council, July 2009. Accessed July 5, 2009. "Kew Gardens became the home of an artistic and intellectual set. In the 1910s and 1920s, neighbors included film and stage stars, writers, musicians, and artists such as Charlie Chaplin, Will Rogers, Anaïs Nin, Dorothy Parker, Joseph Lhevinne, and George Gershwin."</ref><ref>"Josef Lhevihhe, 69, Noted Pianist, Dies; Won Wide Acclaim as Soloist and in Recitals With Wife—Made Debut in Moscow at 14", The New York Times, December 3, 1944. Accessed November 28, 2017. "Josef Lhevinne, the pianist, died yesterday afternoon of a heart attack ailment in his home at 119-19 Eighty-third Avenue, Kew Gardens, Queens."</ref>
  • Rosina Lhévinne (1880-1976), pianist and pedagogue<ref>Gottlieb, Jane. "Rosina Lhévinne 1880-1976", Jewish Women's Archive. Accessed November 28, 2017. "Immediately after the war, the Lhévinnes immigrated to the United States and settled in Kew Gardens, Queens. In 1924, both were invited to join the faculty of the newly established Juilliard Graduate School."</ref>
  • Robert H. Lieberman, filmmaker, grew up in Kew Gardens<ref>Chan, Sewell. "Nazi Refugees’ Son Explores Complex Feelings", New York Times, April 22, 2009. Accessed July 5, 2009. "Growing up in Kew Gardens, Queens, in the 1940s and '50s, the children of Jewish refugees from Central Europe did not always feel different...Such are the themes of "Last Stop Kew Gardens," a 54-minute semiautobiographical documentary by Robert H. Lieberman, 68, a senior lecturer in physics at Cornell who has branched out into novels and films."</ref>
  • Saul Marantz (1911-1997), designed and built the first Marantz audio product at his home in Kew Gardens<ref>Johnson, Lawrence B. "Saul B. Marantz, 85, Pioneer In Hi-Fi Audio Components", The New York Times, January 23, 1997. Accessed August 7, 2016. "After service in the Army during World War II, Mr. Marantz and his wife, Jean Dickey Marantz, settled in Kew Gardens, Queens."</ref>
  • Peter Mayer (1936–2018), former Penguin Books CEO, grew up in Kew Gardens<ref>Chan, Sewell. "Nazi Refugees’ Son Explores Complex Feelings", New York Times, April 22, 2009. Accessed July 5, 2009. "Michael Nussbaum, a lawyer, and Peter Mayer, the former chief executive of Penguin Books, both recall their acute embarrassment about their German-speaking parents, who sounded just like the Nazis in postwar American films."</ref>
  • Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), author<ref name="Neighborhood at Risk: Kew Gardens"/>
  • Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), poet<ref name="amny.com"/>
  • Will Rogers Sr. (1879–1935), actor<ref name="amny.com"/>
  • Will Rogers Jr. (1911–1993), congressman and son of Will Rogers Sr.<ref name="kewgardenshistory.com">Hart, May Gleason. "Kew Gardens of Today – A Far Cry from 50 years Ago", Community News, January 1966. Accessed July 5, 2009. "We have had many prominent people reside in Kew Gardens. Wil [sic] Rogers and his family lived on the opposite corner. Will Rogers, Jr., Mary and Jimmie were my daughter Jeanne's play and schoolmates and were frequently joined by Paula and Carol Stone, daughters of the famous musical comedy star, Fred Stone."</ref>
  • Michael Rosensweig (born 1956), senior Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel at Yeshiva University<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

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