10 Things You Didn't Know About Queens From Ari Kellen
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It’s really big• With 2.3 million residents, Queens
has just 400,000 less people than Chicago
• If it seceded from the rest of New York, it would be the fourth largest city in the US
It’s actually named after
a queen• Queens is named after
Catherine of Braganza
• Her husband, Charles II, was King of England when the British took New York from the Dutch
It’s the !final !resting !place of !Harry !Houdini
• Machpaleh Jewish cemetery is the site of Houdini’s grave
• A popular mecca for Halloween revelers and aspiring magicians
It’s home to New York’s best
surfing
• The Rockaways is arguably New York’s best beach
• New York’s only good surfing spot
It’s the most diverse place in !the world
• The 2000 Census counted 138 languages spoken in the borough
• A lot of the languages spoken in Queens can’t be heard anywhere else in the world
• Some experts estimate that number to actually be around 800
It’s got amazing
food• Queens’ ethnic diversity
means it’s home to lots of unique foods
• Delicious and authentic hole-in-the-wall spots serving food you can’t find anywhere else in the city
It’s got some amazing pianos too • Astoria-based Steinway &
Sons, founded in 1853, still has its factory in Queens
• Been in the same location for 100 years
It’s home to a major !film studio
• Kaufman Astoria Studios is an historic movie studio
• Classic films and TV shows such as “Animal Crackers”, “Goodfellas” and “Sesame Street” have all been filmed there
• Home to New York’s only backlot
It’s the site of an abandoned Civil
War fort
• Fort Totten Park is home to a US Army fort built in 1862
• Now a fantastic park popular with residents of Bayside