Bell Boulevard takes its name from a prominent family in Queens history. In 1824, Abraham Bell, an Irish immigrant member of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, who became a partner in the shipping firm Bell and Bowne, acquired a 246-acre farm located in the present-day neighborhood of Bayside. Bell Boulevard, which was known as Bell Avenue until a street organization system renamed it in the 1930s, was originally a country lane that divided the Bell farm.

Originally, Bell Avenue was less than a mile long. In 1849, part of the Bell farm was sold to Andrew Mickle (1805-1863), a wealthy tobacco farmer who served as Mayor of New York from 1846 to 1847. As the Bell family sold off other parcels of their farm in the mid- 1800s, Bell Avenue was extended and slowly grew into one of Queens's main thoroughfares. In 1866, a railroad reached Great Neck, and many other farms in the area were sold off to developers. By the 1920s, there was a thriving commercial strip along Bell Avenue between Broadway and 41st Avenue. Today, Bell Boulevard is lined with stores and businesses, and runs southwest from Willets Point Boulevard at Fort Totten, down through the neighborhoods of Bayside and Oakland Gardens.

Bayside is close to shopping, dining, beaches, bars and more. It will take about half an hour to drive to midtown Manhattan, or you can take the Long Island Rail Road. Bells Boulevard is where much of the entertainment is located and brings crowds from nearby areas.

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Bayside, New York Geographic Boundaries

Bayside is located in northeastern Queens, on the North Shore, and is part of Queens Community Board 11. Its geographical boundaries are: Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, 233rd Street to the east, Grand Central Parkway to the south, and Cross Island Parkway/Little Neck Bay to the north. Bayside is bordered by neighboring communities Douglaston/Little Neck to the east, the much larger neighborhoods of Flushing, Queens and Whitestone, Queens to the west, and Oakland Gardens to the south.

Bayside, New York School District #26

School District #26 is the top performing school district in all of New York City. Below, please find details for the public schools that make up SD #26:

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