Pomonok, Queens

A subsection of Kew Gardens Hills, it is bounded by the Long Island and Horace Harding Expressway to the north, Kissena Boulevard to the west, 164th Street to the east and 73rd Avenue to the south.

It is also patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 107th Precinct, nearby both housing developments.

[7] Electchester is a cooperative housing complex at Jewel Avenue and Parsons Boulevard in Pomonok, which was established by Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. and Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1949, when Van Arsdale worked with the Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry to purchase 103 acres (0.42 km2) of the former Pomonok Country Club and build apartment buildings.

About 5,550 people live in about 2,500 units in 36 buildings, inclusing a pair of 23-story towers and a network of three and six-story brick structures.

CUNY Law School, formerly in this area, moved to the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in May 2012.

[11][12] While train lines aren’t present Pomonok and the greater Kew Gardens Hills area, it is served by various MTA Regional Bus Operations routes.

All bus routes mentioned with the inclusion of the Q20A/B, Q44, Q46, QM1, QM5, QM6, QM7, QM8, QM31 and QM35 have New York City Subway transfers and Long Island Rail Road connections in the adjacent Briarwood, Downtown Flushing, Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Jamaica, Kew Gardens and Rego Park neighborhoods.