Dutch Kills, Queens
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Dutch Kills is a sub-division of the larger neighborhood of Long Island City in the New York City borough of Queens. It was a hamlet, named for its navigable tributary of Newtown Creek, that occupied what today is centrally Queensboro Plaza. Dutch Kills was an important road hub during the American Revolutionary War, and the site of a British Army garrison from 1776 to 1783. The area supported farms during the 19th Century, and finally consolidated with Hunters Point, Ravenswood, Astoria, and Steinway to form Long Island City in 1870. The canalization of Newtown Creek and the Kills at the end of the century intensified industrial development of the area, which prospered until the middle of the 20th century. The neighborhood is currently undergoing a massive rezoning of mixed residential and commercial properties.
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- Information about Dutch Kills from the Greater Astoria Historical Society
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