![]() ![]() ![]() In time, inhabitants learned how to farm the land profitably. Woodside was settled by farmers in the early 18th century. The vicinity came to be called Snake Woods and one source maintains that "during New York’s colonial period, the area was known as 'suicide’s paradise,' as it was largely snake-infested swamps and wolf-ridden woodlands." One of the oldest recorded locations in Woodside was called Rattlesnake Spring on the property of a Captain Bryan Newton. This swamp was not the only place where settlers might fear for the safety of their livestock, and even themselves. Its Native American inhabitants called it a place of "bad waters" and it was known to early European settlers as a place of "marshes, muddy flats and bogs," where "wooded swamps" and "flaggy pools" were fed by flowing springs." Until drained in the nineteenth century, one of these wet woodlands was called Wolf Swamp after the predators that infested it. The "Great Chestnut Tree" was actually located on the west side of the road where it is shown.įor two centuries following the arrival of settlers from England and the Netherlands, the area where the village of Woodside would be established was sparsely populated. Woodside's northern boundary is approximately the top border of the map. This map shows the area that would become Woodside, bounded in the west by Middletown and Dutch Kills (shown as "Kills" in the detail), in the south by English Kills and Maspeth, and in the east by the Village of Newtown (shown as "Vill" in the detail). Politically, Woodside is represented by the New York City Council's 22nd and 26th Districts. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 108th Precinct. Woodside is located in Queens Community District 2 and its ZIP Code is 11377. It is also home to some of the city's most popular Thai, Filipino, and South American eateries. Reflecting its longtime diverse cuisines, the neighborhood is filled with many cultural restaurants and pubs. South Asians and Latinos have also moved to Woodside in recent years. In the early 1990s, many Asian American families include a large Filipino community moved into the area, and as a result the current population is 30% Asian American. However, with large-scale residential development in the 1860s, Woodside became the largest Irish American community in Queens, being approximately 80% Irish by the 1930s and maintaining a strong Irish culture today. The adjacent area of Winfield was largely incorporated into the post office serving Woodside and as a consequence Winfield lost much of its identity distinct from Woodside. In the 19th century the area was part of the Town of Newtown (now Elmhurst). Some areas are widely residential and very quiet, while other parts, especially the ones around Roosevelt Avenue, are busier. ![]() It is bordered on the south by Maspeth, on the north by Astoria, on the west by Sunnyside, and on the east by Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and East Elmhurst. Woodside is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. ![]()
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