Everything about Arverne Queens totally explained
Arverne is a neighborhood in the
New York City borough of
Queens, on the
Rockaway Peninsula. It was initially developed by
Remington Vernam, whose signature "R. Vernam" inspired the name of the neighborhood. Arverne extends from approximately Beach 59th Street to Beach 74th Street, along its main thoroughfare
Beach Channel Drive, alternatively known as Rev. Joseph H. May Drive. The neighborhood is part of
Queens Community Board 14.
Vernam's original plan was to name the neighborhood Arverne-by-the-Sea, and one grandiose plan, influenced by his wife, Florence, included a canal running through the neighborhood, reminiscent of the
Amstel canal in
Amsterdam, Holland. When this plan fell through, the canal right-of-way was converted into a thoroughfare, Amstel Boulevard, which, except for a stub west of Beach 71st Street, was later incorporated into Beach Channel Drive.
While Arverne became well-known as a beachfront community with inexpensive summer bungalows, and hotels of varying levels of expense and luxury as well as amusements and
boardwalk concessions, it also attracted a year-round residential community. On
January 3,
1914, a violent storm devastated the neighborhood as well as other neighborhoods on the peninsula, and completely swept the Arverne Pier Theater, which was capable of seating 1200 people, away to sea. On
June 15,
1922, a large part of Arverne was leveled by a disastrous fire which left about 3,000 people homeless, although the neighborhood was quick to rebuild.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the advent of commercial
jet air travel encouraged people to travel to distant destinations during the summer, rather than to utilize local beaches and resorts. As a result, many of Arverne's summer bungalows became vacant.
New York City's abortive
urban renewal projects of the 1960s leveled to the ground most of the summer resorts and some of the residences, many of which had been abandoned. The process eventually transformed most of Arverne, from Rockaway Beach Boulevard southward to the beachfront, into vacant land used as a dumping ground.
Education
Schools
New York City Department of Education operates Arverne's public schools.
Libraries
Queens Borough Public Library operates the Arverne Branch.
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