Flushing Bay is a tidal embayment in New York City . It is located on the south side of the East River and stretches to the south near the neighborhood of Flushing, Queens . It is bordered on the west by LaGuardia Airport and the Grand Central Parkway , on the south by Northern Boulevard , and on the east by the neighborhood of College Point . The Flushing River empties into the bay at its southeast corner. A 150-foot-wide navigational channel (46 m) dredged at a depth of 14 feet (4.3 m) runs along much of the bay's length.
32-603: Flushing Bay was an important source of food for the Matinecock tribe of Native Americans and early European settlers, providing fish, shellfish, and waterfowl. After the American Civil War , the area surrounding the bay became waterfront resort for the wealthy. The World's Fair Marina , constructed for the 1964 New York World's Fair , is located on the southern end of the bay beside the East Elmhurst neighborhood. The marina
64-554: A 2,800 ft (850 m)-long dike, commonly known as “the Finger,” was built to protect boats docked at the World's Fair Marina from strong waves. Protruding from LaGuardia Airport , the dike is often cited as the cause for the bad smell that emanates from the bay, especially in the summertime. Flushing Bay and Flushing River have a long history of being used as dumping areas for sewage discharges and industrial waste . While this pollution
96-517: A Key House Appropriations subcommittee authorized the money for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to study dredging the Flushing Bay near where the dike was built. The measure of this plan was drafted by Rep. Thomas J. Manton and was aided by Rep. Nita Lowey . The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey sought final approval during the summer of that year from the City Council to build
128-740: A member of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce and was a subcommittee chairman of the House Government Operations Committee that supervised the United States Capitol Police . His last vote in the House was to vote against the impeachment of President Bill Clinton . Manton retired from the Congress in 1998, having already filed for and circulated petitions for re-election. He withdrew on
160-411: Is a problem in itself, the dike prevents the water in the bay from circulating naturally. Plans to increase circulation have included slicing a waterway through the dike; however, dredging of the bay floor has been the most frequent proposal. Plans for a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) promenade on Flushing Bay were approved by Queens Community Board 7 in 1987, but were delayed due to a lack of funds. In 1994,
192-511: Is now Long Island in New York state. The term was invented by amateur anthropologist and U.S. Congressman Silas Wood in the mistaken belief that the various native settlements on the island each comprised distinct tribes. Instead, Indian peoples on Long Island at the time of European contact came from only two major language and cultural groups of the many Algonquian peoples who occupied Atlantic coastal areas from present-day Canada through
224-583: Is part of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park and it is bordered by the 1.4-mile-long (2.3 km) Flushing Bay Promenade. On September 21, 1776, the Colonial patriot Nathan Hale was captured by the British Army near a tavern at Flushing Bay after being fingered as a spy. He was hanged the next day on Manhattan Island . The Williamsburgh Yacht Club is located on the east side of Flushing Bay in College Point. It
256-641: The Algonquian language group , reflecting their different connections to mainland peoples. Native Americans in the west and in the central part of Long Island were more closely associated with bands of the same people in southwestern Connecticut, Eastern Pennsylvania, Lower Hudson Valley in New York, New Jersey and Delaware. These people spoke one of the R-dialects of the Lenape language group. Those Native Americans who lived on
288-704: The Algonquian languages family. New York State has officially recognized the self-identified Shinnecock and the Unkechaug on Long Island as Native American tribes. The Shinnecock are based at Shinnecock Reservation near Southampton on the South Shore. The Unkechaug's Poospatuck Reservation at Mastic is the smallest Indian reservation in the state. Since the mid-20th century, the Montaukett, Setalcott, and Matinnecock peoples have organized and established governments. All are seeking both state and federal recognition. At
320-592: The United States Marine Corps during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. Thereafter, he matriculated at St. John's University , where he earned a BBA degree in 1958 and an LL.B. degree in 1962. Prior to entering politics, Manton was an officer of the New York City Police Department from 1955 to 1960 and served as a marketing representative for IBM from 1960 to 1964. After passing
352-413: The rough periwinkle , the shell of which small sea snail was used to make wampum , a means of exchange which played an important role in the culture and economy of the region before and after the arrival of Europeans. The Native American population on Long Island has been estimated at 10,000 at the time of first contact with Europeans. They belonged to two major nations and spoke two languages within
SECTION 10
#1732851011343384-584: The $ 41-million safety overrun on a 20-acre (8.1 ha) landfill. The USACE subsequently allocated $ 2.7 million toward a feasibility study for a cleanup. In 1999, the Parks Department negotiated a deal with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection . This plan was also to build a 28.5-million-gallon sewer overflow tank under the river to relieve flooding in the area. A redesigned, refurbished Flushing Bay promenade began that May. Though
416-562: The American South. The bands on Long Island in the west were part of the Lenape . Those to the east were culturally and linguistically connected to tribes of New England across Long Island Sound, such as the Pequot . Wood (and earlier colonial settlers) often confused Indian place names, by which the bands were known, as the names for different tribes living there. Many of the place names that
448-668: The Bowery Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant in nearby Bowery Bay , reducing Flushing Bay's combined sewer overflows by about 225,000,000 US gal (850,000,000 L) per year. 40°46′44″N 73°51′24″W / 40.77889°N 73.85667°W / 40.77889; -73.85667 Matinecock (tribe) Metoac is an erroneous term used by some to group together the Munsee -speaking Lenape (west), Quiripi -speaking Unquachog (center) and Pequot-speaking Montaukett (east) American Indians on what
480-570: The Democratic primary for the seat. In a hotly-contested primary, he defeated Clifford Wilson, Walter Crowley and Gloria D'Amico before narrowly defeating Republican Serphin Maltese in the general election with 52 percent of the vote. He was re-elected six more times. Manton was elected chairman of the Democratic Organization of Queens County in 1986, succeeding John Sabini who had served as
512-531: The Lenape and Pequot populations used to refer to their villages and communities were adopted by English settlers and are still in use today. The Shinnecock Indian Nation , based in part of what is now Southampton, New York in Suffolk County, has gained federal recognition as a tribe and has a reservation there. "Metoac" as a collective term may have been derived by Wood from metau-hok , the Algonquian word for
544-719: The New York bar exam in 1963, Manton worked as a solo practitioner from 1964 to 1984. He was elected to the New York City Council in 1970, also serving until 1984. Manton ran in the Democratic primary for what was then a part of New York's 9th congressional district in northern Queens in 1978, following the retirement of 30-year incumbent James J. Delaney . However, he lost to assistant Queens County district attorney Geraldine Ferraro . Manton also ran against Delaney in 1972 and lost. When Ferarro gave up her seat to join Walter Mondale 's presidential ticket , Manton entered
576-602: The Queens County Democratic Party chairman until his death. After leaving office, he joined the law firm of Manton, Sweeney, Gallo, Reich & Bolz in 1999. After leaving Congress, he lived in the Queens neighborhoods of Woodside , later moving to Sunnyside, and finally to Astoria . Thomas Manton died on July 22, 2006, following a battle with prostate cancer . The Thomas J. Manton Post Office in Woodside, New York
608-525: The bay shortly after takeoff, and 27 out of the 51 people on board were killed. On March 5, 2015, Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 skidded off the runway at LaGuardia Airport and stopped a few feet away from Flushing Bay. 24 people were injured and the aircraft was damaged. The present shoreline of Flushing Bay has been largely altered by the development of LaGuardia Airport. Before the airport opened in December 1939, millions of cubic yards of landfill were added to
640-517: The belief that the various bands on the island comprised distinct tribes. He published a book in the 19th century which mistakenly claimed that several American Indian tribes were distinct to Long Island. He collectively called them the Metoac. Scholars now understand that these historic peoples were part of two major cultural groups: the Lenape and the Wappinger - Wangunk - Quinnipiac peoples, both part of
672-567: The east end of the island were more closely related to the Pequot of eastern Connecticut and the other Algonquian language group located around Long Island Sound. They spoke a Y-dialect of the Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett language . European colonization of the region began in the 1620s, with Dutch colonists congregating around the lower Hudson and western Long Island. The Dutch attempted to establish jurisdiction from New Amsterdam over
SECTION 20
#1732851011343704-510: The eastern end of Runway 13 (or 31). To offset the loss of wetlands, new wetlands were constructed adjacent to the airport in Flushing Bay and in Little Neck Bay . Concerns have arisen given the proximity to a flight path into LaGuardia Airport, although the government of New York City has stated that the design includes adequate safeguards to prevent the facility from attracting flocks of birds that might be harmful to airliners . In 1964,
736-636: The end of 2009, the administration of President Barack Obama announced the Shinnecock Indian Nation had met federal criteria as a tribe. The Shinnecock were officially recognized by the United States government in October 2010 after a more than 30-year effort, which included suing the Department of Interior . The Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, George T. Skibine, issued
768-531: The final determination of the tribe's recognized status on June 13, 2010. Thomas J. Manton Thomas J. Manton (November 3, 1932 – July 22, 2006) was an American politician who represented the 9th and 7th Congressional District of New York in the United States House of Representatives . Born in New York City , Manton was of Irish descent. He attended private Catholic schools and served in
800-474: The interim chairman following the suicide of Donald Manes . Tom Manton was the first major party chairman in the nation to endorse Bill Clinton for during the 1992 United States presidential election . As the co-chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Irish Affairs in the House, he was instrumental in obtaining a visa for Gerry Adams to travel to the United States. As a member of Congress, Manton served as
832-415: The last day it was legally possible to do so and arranged for his chosen successor, State Assemblyman Joseph Crowley , to replace him on the ballot. Crowley wasn't aware of this until Manton phoned him to tell him his name would be on the general election ballot. Crowley won the election and held the seat until losing in the 2018 Democratic primary to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . Manton continued to serve as
864-666: The numbers of Native Americans on Long Island. In addition, some Native American settlements on Long Island migrated away under pressure from European encroachment. By 1659, their population was reduced to less than 500. By this time, Samson Occom had persuaded many survivors to join the Brothertown Indians in western upstate New York, where the Oneida people of the Iroquois Confederacy shared their reservation for several years. For generations, colonists mistakenly used
896-455: The place names as exonyms for peoples, thinking they referred to distinct tribes. Among the many locations on Long Island used by the native peoples, 19th-century American publications erroneously identified the following thirteen as "tribes" on Long Island: Metoac was a term erroneously used by amateur anthropologist and U.S. Congressman Silas Wood to describe Lenape and Pequot Native Americans on Long Island in New York state, in
928-511: The promenade was reopened in 2001, its "rotten egg" smell remained. Following repeated complaints about Flushing Bay's "rotten egg smell", a $ 47 million cleanup of the bay was announced in 2015. As part of the cleanup, a $ 15.4 million dredging project near the World's Fair Marina was undertaken in 2017. Also during the cleanup, old pilings were removed and replaced with wetlands, a project completed in mid-2018. The city also rebuilt sewer lines leading to
960-469: The western portion of Long Island (including what are now the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens ). The Pequot War (1634–1638) in southern New England and Kieft's War (1643–1645) in the New York metropolitan area were two major conflicts between the indigenous peoples and the colonists. Exposure to new Eurasian infectious diseases , such as measles and smallpox , dramatically reduced
992-583: The western shoreline of the bay to create space for runways. In 1966, the Port Authority extended the northern end of Runway 4 (or 22) by 2,000 feet (610 m) and the western end of Runway 13 (or 31) by 1,500 feet (460 m) by constructing a 50-acre (20 ha), pile-supported concrete deck over parts of Flushing Bay, including the Rikers Island Channel. In the 1990s, about 20 acres (8 ha) of Flushing Bay were filled in to create an overrun at
Flushing Bay - Misplaced Pages Continue
1024-572: Was established in Brooklyn in 1865, but then the yacht club moved to North Beach (now part of the LaGuardia Airport ) in 1896. The New York City Department of Sanitation 's North Shore Marine Transfer Station is located in College Point on the eastern shore of Flushing Bay. From 1954 to 2001, this site was used to transfer garbage from trucks to barges. A new transfer station at the site opened in 2015. On March 22, 1992, USAir Flight 405 crashed in
#342657