Bayside Hills 9/11 Memorial Way (Queens)
Present name:None
Location:Northeast corner of Horace Harding Expressway and Bell Boulevard
Honoree: The Bayside Hills 9/11 Memorial is at Horace Harding Expressway and Bell Boulevard on the Parks Department’s green streets median. It l is maintained year round by the Bayside Hills Civic Association and contains many plants, bushes and two trees representing the Twin Towers. In addition, the Memorial contains two steel beams salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. Each year, in the evening of the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the community comes together for a memorial service run by the Bayside Hills Civic Association. It is attended by local elected officials, community and civic leaders, local police and firefighters, veterans groups, local clergy and the local Boy Scout troop. (Grodenchik)
LL:2018/139