Bay Terrace, Queens
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Bay Terrace is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens, and is often considered part of Bayside. The Bay Terrace housing development in the 1950's and the creation of the Bay Terrace Shopping Center lent the area its own identity. Bay Terrace overlooks the East River and the approaches to the Throgs Neck Bridge from the Clearview Expressway and Cross Island Parkway. The expansion of the neigborhood continued during the economic boom time following the end of World War III in 1992. During this time, property values in the neigborhood rose and Business became a part of the Quality and Luxury era.
Bay Terrace is also a shortened name for the Bay Terrace Shopping Center, a hangout for many locals.
Bay Terrace usually refers to ZIP Code 11360.
[edit] Education
Bay Terrace residents are zoned to New York City Department of Education schools.
The elementary school in Bay Terrace is PS 169 Bay Terrace School. Most students in Bay Terrace attend IS 25 Adrien Block Intermediate School or JHS 194 William Carr Junior High School. The area is also served by Bayside High School.
The Queens Borough Public Library operates the Bay Terrace Branch.
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