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Little Neck, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11362. It stands on Alley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sea Cliff quadrangle.

Little Neck within Queens County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Little Neck, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Little Neck, surveyed 1897

On record in Little Neck

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

1,373 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,373 fires within 5 miles of Little Neck between 2000 and 2020, burning about 368 acres in total. 87 started naturally. 110 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined899
Arson/incendiarism110
Natural87
Smoking82
Recreation and ceremony59
Power generation/transmission/distribution49
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use29
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Railroad operations and maintenance4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Queens County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Little Neck: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bay Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Queens County

Storms near this place

20 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Neck in 20 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Neck3 hurt, $10,000Tree down on occupied car near Fort Totten. Three people trapped and injured.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLittle Neck$100,000Numerous utility poles, street lamps, and trees were reported down in Northeastern Queens, with the worst damage in Little Neck and Douglaston. At least one chimney was collapsed, and trees fell on several vehicles, including a mini-van, totaling the vehicle, and destroying a double bass inside.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLittle Neck$10,000Two large oak trees were reported down on a house and power lines along 216th Street in the Bayside section of Queens.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLittle Neck$2,000Large tree limbs down with time estimated by radar.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLittle Neck$1,000Tree reported down on 213th Street north of 32nd Avenue.
August 2011HailLittle Neck$1,000Lime size hail damaged a car in the Glen Oaks section of Queens.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLittle Neck$1,000Tree down near the intersection of the Cross Island Parkway and the Long Island Expressway.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindLittle Neck$750Two southbound lanes of the Cross Island Parkway at Bayside Marina were blocked due to a large downed tree limb.
July 2025Flash FloodLittle Neck-Video showing cars stranded in floodwaters on the Little Neck Parkway under the LIE overpass.
July 2025Flash FloodLittle Neck-Road Closure due to flooding.
August 2024Flash FloodLittle Neck-Flooding on the Cross Island Parkway Exit 33 Ramp to the Clearview Expressway with all lanes blocked.
July 2023Flash FloodLittle Neck-Portion of the Cross island Parkway near Northern Blvd closed due to flooding.
September 2023Flash FloodLittle Neck-Cross Island Parkway Ramp for northbound traffic closed due to flooding.
September 2022Flash FloodLittle Neck-Cross Island Parkway closed due to flooding.
July 2019Flash FloodLittle Neck-Several cars were stranded by high water on Bell Boulevard in Bay Terrace, Queens.
December 2018Flash FloodLittle Neck-The southbound lanes of the Cross Island Parkway were closed due to flooding at the exit for Northern Boulevard in Bayside, Queens.
May 2014Flash FloodLittle Neck-Several cars were stranded in flood waters on the Cross Island Pkwy. near Bell Blvd. in Bayside. The FDNY responded to rescue people from their vehicles.
August 2011Flash FloodLittle Neck-The public reported Cross Island Parkway closed near Douglaston due to flash flooding.
July 2007Flash FloodLittle Neck-Flash flooding resulted in a road closure at 188th Street along the Long Island Expressway. The Long Island Railroad Station in Bayside was flooded. The Cross Island Parkway flooded at the Throgs Neck Bridge.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindLittle Neck-A spotter reported that severe thunderstorm winds downed trees.

Every storm recorded in Queens County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Douglaston0.7 miles34
Parsons Beach1.0 miles43
Oakland Gardens1.6 miles43
Glen Oaks1.8 miles29
Surrey Estates2.0 miles29
Bayside2.1 miles43
Hollis Hills2.2 miles35
Queens Village2.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955608. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.