Woodhaven, Queens: Bayani mai mahimmanci

01 na 06

Ƙungiyar Woodhaven Neighborhood

Woodhaven yana cikin tsakiyar Queens, a iyakar da Brooklyn. Ya sadu da Kudancin Forest zuwa arewa, Richmond Hill zuwa gabas a titin 98th Street da Ozone zuwa kudancin Atlantic Avenue. A yammacin Eldert Lane ita ce yankin Brooklyn na Cypress Hills.

Wannan ɗakin aikin aiki yana da kyau, tare da haɗin gine-gine da iyali da mazauna gidaje da ɗakunan gidaje. Tun daga farkon shekarun 1800, Woodhaven yana daya daga cikin ƙauyuka mafi girma a Queens. Ƙarin jirgin ruwa ya mika zuwa Woodhaven a cikin shekarun 1890 daga Brooklyn. Har yanzu akwai gidajen gidan Victorian fiye da shekara 100 a cikin unguwar iyali.

Mazauna suna wakiltar ƙungiyar Queens, akasarin Hispanic da Turai, har ma da nahiyar Afirka da Asiya. A cikin Ƙididdigar Ƙungiyar Tattalin Arzikin Ƙasar Amirka wanda ya shafi 2009 zuwa 2013, 'Yan asalin Sahara sun mamaye yawan jama'a, suna kimanin kusan kashi 55 cikin dari na mazauna. Yankin da ke cikin karni na 1950 da 1960 shine farko Irish, Italiyanci, Jamusanci da Yaren Poland.

02 na 06

Jakunan da ke cikin Woodhaven

Gidan da ya fi girma a Woodhaven ya shimfiɗa zuwa arewacin Jamaica Avenue zuwa Forest Park, kuma za ku samu mafi yawa a gine-ginen mulkin mallaka da kuma Victorian a nan. Kudancin Jamaica, ƙananan gidaje suna da ƙananan kuma jin dadi sosai, tare da gidaje guda daya da kuma gidaje masu yawan mulkoki suna mamaye wurin.

03 na 06

Babbar hanyar da aka fi sani da Jamaica Avenue

Woodhaven yana da tashar jiragen ruwa guda biyu a kan layin Jirgin J da Z, wanda ya fi girma a kan Jamaica Avenue. Ƙarin jirgin karkashin kasa yana kusa da filin Ozone. Mazauna da motoci suna da damar yin amfani da Jackie Robinson Parkway (tsohon Interboro). Woodhaven Boulevard shi ne babban kusurwar arewacin kudu maso gabashin, inda ya sami damar shiga Belt Parkway da Long Island Expressway.

04 na 06

Manyan mazauna yankin Woodhaven

Wannan alamar alama ce ta gida Fred Trump (1905-1999), mai gina jiki na gida da kuma mahaifin Donald Trump, mai gina jiki na gida, mutum TV da Shugaban Amurka 45th.

Ga wasu matsala: Marubucin "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1943) ya rubuta shi a karkashin gidan bishiyoyin Woodhaven. Betty Smith (1896-1972) ya wallafa littafi mafi kyau a gidansa a kan Forest Parkway, a fadin Library na Woodhaven. Labarin na game da iyalin Irish-Amirka, da fatansu, mafarkai, da gwagwarmaya, a Brooklyn, a farkon farkon karni na 20.

Sauran shahararrun mazauna sun hada da:

• Adrien Brody (wanda aka haife shi 1973), dan wasan kwaikwayo na Oscar
• George Gershwin (1898-1937), sanannen mawallafin "Porgy da Bess," "Rhapsody in Blue", "Wani ɗan Amirka a Paris," "Farin Girl" da "Na Ka Na Singing," a tsakanin sauran masu fasaha
• Danny Kaye (1913-1987), actor, singer, kuma comedian
• Mae West (1893-1980), mai shahararren wasan kwaikwayon, ya zauna a Woodhaven kuma ya fara wasan kwaikwayo a can. Alamar tarihi tana waje a wurin.
• Sakamakon "Goodfellas" (1990) lokacin da aka tara rukunin bayan da aka fashe filin jirgin sama a Tavern na Neir a kan titin 78th.

05 na 06

Woodhaven's Brick Houses

A cikin shekarun nan waɗannan ɗakunan jinsunan brick sun haɗu da haɗin gwanon taga da alamu a ƙofar ƙofofi. Su ne babban gidaje a wannan unguwa.

06 na 06

Ikklisiyoyin Woodhaven

Baya ga samun damar shiga Manhattan ta hanyar jirgin karkashin kasa, da gidaje mai mahimmanci da kuma kusa da Forest Park, Woodhaven mai aiki yana da gidaje bakwai. Bukukuwan auren na iya zama masu farin ciki, kamar wannan, tare da karusar doki a shirye-shirye duk suna shirye su dauki amarya da ango zuwa liyafar su a cikin tsohuwar al'ada, salon sutura.