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Elmhurst, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Elmhurst dates to 1652 and holds a square of Queens between Roosevelt Avenue and the Long Island Expressway.
About Elmhurst
Where to stay in Elmhurst
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Queens surrounds this one. Elmhurst occupies a square of the borough between Roosevelt Avenue and the Long Island Expressway, close enough to St. James Church and the Reformed Church of Newtown to reach either on foot from most of it. Junction Boulevard marks the eastern limit.
The New York Connecting Railroad takes the west, leaving four hard edges that a visitor crosses on the way in from anywhere else in Queens.
About Elmhurst
What are the main landmarks in Elmhurst?
Three churches make the list. St. James Church, the Reformed Church of Newtown and Winfield Reformed Church are the named sites of Elmhurst, standing among the blocks that Roosevelt Avenue and the Long Island Expressway hold between them. The neighborhood dates to 1652.
Junction Boulevard runs down the eastern boundary and the New York Connecting Railroad marks the western, which puts all three churches inside the same rectangle.
What is the history of Elmhurst?
Elmhurst dates to 1652. The Reformed Church of Newtown, St. James Church and Winfield Reformed Church are the named institutions the record holds, all of them within the borough of Queens in New York City. Roads and rail draw the edges.
Roosevelt Avenue, the Long Island Expressway, Junction Boulevard and the New York Connecting Railroad hem the neighborhood in on all four sides.
Where is Elmhurst?
Junction Boulevard closes the east and the New York Connecting Railroad the west, with Roosevelt Avenue to the north and the Long Island Expressway to the south.
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Updated September 2026