Ravenswood (New York City, New York)

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A neighborhood in the north western part of New York City's Borough of Queens, a part of the wider Long Island City district of western Queens. It lies to the south of Astoria (beyond Broadway)and west of Astoria (beyond 31st street), to the north of Hunters Point (other side of the Mayor Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge approach)and northwest of Dutch kills.

The land was acquired in 1814 by Col. George Gibbs, a businessman from New York City who developed it. Gibbs died in 1833, and the land was divided into nine parcels by three developers. From 1848, there were several mansions built on this land, but the high class housing did not survive. The spring of 1853 brought the opening of a post office of its own and country store "run by Messrs. Moore & Luyster, and Mr. Samuel H. Moore of that firm received the appointment of postmaster, handling the mails in a corner of the store."

Today it is home to both the Ravenswood and Queensbridge very large public Housing Projects.