Kosher and Jewish Life in Bayside

Bayside is an upper-middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is in the eastern section of Flushing and is part of Queens Community Board 1. Despite its large housing stock of free-standing homes, it nationally ranks high to very high in population density. These homes give the neighborhood a similar feel to other wealthy Queens neighborhoods such as Douglaston, Whitestone and Little Neck. Bayside's history dates back to 2000 B.C.E., when the Matinecock Native American tribe first settled there. In the late 17th century, the area was settled by English colonists. By the middle of the 18th century, early settlers left their homes in Flushing and developed a farming community, Bay Side. Bayside is connected to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan, Woodside, Flushing-Main Street, Murray Hill, Broadway, Auburndale, and Long Island by the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch at the Bayside railroad station.