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Leo Frank

Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 – August 17, 1915) was a Jewish-American factory superintendent whose murder conviction, extrajudicial hanging in 1915 by a lynch mob planned and led by prominent citizens in Marietta, Georgia drew attention to antisemitism in the United States. He was posthumously pardoned in 1986. An engineer and superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, Frank was convicted on August 25, 1913, for the murder of one of his factory workers, 13-year-old Mary Phagan.

Located at 40.6927, -73.8811 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1884 births, 1915 deaths, Cornell University alumni, Jewish American history, Antisemitic attacks and incidents in the United States, Victims of antisemitic violence, Victims of religiously motivated violence in the United States, People from DeWitt County, Texas, People from Brooklyn, People from Atlanta, Georgia, People convicted of murder by Georgia (U.S. state), Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Georgia (U.S. state), People murdered in Georgia (U.S. state), Lynching deaths in Georgia (U.S. state), Recipients of American pardons, Burials in Queens, American murder victims, American Jews

Ridgewood Park (baseball ground)

Ridgewood Park, also known as Grauer's Ridgewood Park (Ridgewood Park I) or Wallace's Ridgewood Park (Ridgewood Park II), was a baseball ground located in Ridgewood, in the New York City borough of Queens. The grounds were used, on occasion, by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms baseball club of the American Association (AA), as their home park from 1886 to 1889 and of the Brooklyn Gladiators, also of the AA, for the 1890 season.

Located at 40.7, -73.903 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Defunct baseball venues, Sports venues in Queens, Baseball venues in New York, Former sports venues in New York City, Ridgewood, Queens

Glendale, Queens

Glendale is a middle class neighborhood in the west-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded on the north by Cooper Avenue in the eastern portion (Upper Glendale) and by a section of the Montauk Branch of the LIRR in the western portion (Middle and Lower Glendale), Woodhaven Boulevard to the east, a number of contiguous cemeteries and part of Forest Park to the south and the Bushwick Branch of the LIRR to the west.

Located at 40.6984, -73.8801 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Queens, German-American history

Ridgewood, Queens

Ridgewood is a middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It borders the neighborhoods of Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale, as well as the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick and East Williamsburg. Historically, the neighborhood straddled the Queens-Brooklyn boundary. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 5.

Located at 40.7, -73.9056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Queens, Ridgewood, Queens

Halsey Street (BMT Canarsie Line)

Halsey Street is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located on the border of Brooklyn and Queens at the intersection of Halsey Street and Wyckoff Avenue, it is served by the L train at all times. This underground station, opened on December 14, 1928, has two tracks and two side platforms.

Located at 40.6961, -73.905 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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BMT Canarsie Line stations, New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn, New York City Subway stations in Queens, Railway stations opened in 1928

Forest Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Forest Avenue is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It has two tracks and an island platform. The station is served by the M train at all times. The exit is at the east end of the station and leads to Forest Avenue. There was also an exit at the west end that lead to Woodward Avenue. The canopy is metal while the mezzanine is wood. West of the station, there is space for a center track.

Located at 40.7046, -73.902 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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BMT Myrtle Avenue Line stations, New York City Subway stations in Queens, Railway stations opened in 1915

Fresh Pond Road (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Fresh Pond Road is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Fresh Pond Road opposite of 67th Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, it is served by the M train at all times. This elevated station, opened on August 9, 1915, has two tracks and an island platform. The platform is wider than those in most other stations in the system because the station was formerly a major transfer point to the Flushing–Ridgewood Line streetcar to Flushing.

Located at 40.706, -73.8967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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BMT Myrtle Avenue Line stations, New York City Subway stations in Queens, Railway stations opened in 1915

Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue is a terminal station of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Rentar Plaza in Middle Village, Queens, it is served by the M train at all times. This station opened on August 9, 1915 and is built on an embankment with the north end at street level. By railroad and service directions, it is the southern terminal of the Myrtle Avenue Line and M train, respectively.

Located at 40.7122, -73.8892 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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BMT Myrtle Avenue Line stations, New York City Subway stations in Queens, Railway stations opened in 1915

Christ the King Regional High School

Christ the King Regional High School is a Catholic high school located in Middle Village, Queens, New York, USA and established in 1962. Often referred to as 'CK' among its students, it is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

Located at 40.7108, -73.8883 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1962, Schools in Queens, Roman Catholic secondary schools in New York City, Middle Village, Queens

Fresh Pond, Queens

Fresh Pond is a small middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, separated from Juniper Valley by the Lutheran and Mount Olivet cemeteries. Its main streets, Fresh Pond Road, Metropolitan Avenue, Eliot Avenue and 61st street, meet at the community's commercial center. Fresh Pond is served by the Fresh Pond Road and Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue stations of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.

Located at 40.7126, -73.9005 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Queens

Machpelah Cemetery (Queens, New York)

Machpelah Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in Glendale, Queens, New York. It is the final resting place of, amongst many others, magician Harry Houdini and his brother Theodore Hardeen. The Houdini grave site is no longer cared for by the Society of American Magicians, but by The Houdini Museum in Scranton, PA.

Located at 40.6939, -73.8864 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jewish cemeteries in New York City, Cemeteries in Queens, Jews and Judaism in Queens

Redeemer Lutheran School (New York)

Redeemer Lutheran School is a Christian school in Glendale, New York. The principal is Mr. Williams and has been principal for 12 years. The tuition is $4,000 a year. It goes from nursery to 8th grade.

Located at 40.7013, -73.8815 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Private elementary schools in New York, Lutheran schools in the United States, Private middle schools in New York