Astoria is a part of Queens, one of five boroughs. Astoria settled in the 17th century known as Hallets Cove, which renamed in honor of John Jacob Astor a millionaire in 1839. John Jacob Astor, a German-born immigrants to the United States, donated $500 to the village’s young ladies’ seminary. Then, Astoria got its name by Steven Halsey after name of John Jacob Astor.

Since 1830s urbanizing force, population of Queens increased. And in 1839 Astoria became the first village to be officially founded within Queens since the 17th century. Astoria had been the center of New York’s Greek-American community. More and more Greeks had immigrated especially during the Greek Civil War from 1944 to 1949. The large number of immigration of Greek resulted the largest group of first generation immigrants in Astoria in 1980. However, Greek-American population dropped from 22,579 in 1980 to 18,127 in 1990. In 1996, First-generation Greek-Americans in Astoria did not even rank among top ten immigrant groups. The decli

One good reason living Astoria is convenience of transportation. For most of the places in Astoria, it is needless to drive because of the well-developed subway system. Also, the crime rate in Astoria is relatively low. I, personally as a resident, feel safe living in this area.

George Delis, district manager for Community Board 1, has dealt with both the trash and rock-pelting problems for years. He said he believes that private property owners would never be allowed to get away with the poor property upkeep that has earned Amtrak its bad reputation in Queens.

To support the growing population, transportations and bridges built. In 1917 New York City subway system reached to Astoria, and Tribrough Bridge, which connects Manhattan, and Bronx with Queens also built. Most people who live in Astoria still use this subway system, which is N, G and R trains, and run Tribrough Bridge with their cars.

ne in the number of Greek-Americans in Astoria brought other community or immigrants from Bangladesh, the Philippines, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, among other, than Greece. According to 1990 U.S. Census, Greek language speakers at home are 1,885 while Spanish speakers are 6,646 among of population of 29,844. (1990 U.S. C!

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