Pomonok is a working class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. This large public housing development[1] in South Flushing was built in 1949 on the former site of Pomonok Country Club. The name comes from the Algonquian name for Long Island,[2] and means either "land of tribute" or "land where there is travelling by water".[3]
Pomonok is part of Queens Community District 8.[4]
- ^ NYCHA Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Pomonok Houses
- ^ Bright, William (2004), Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 373
- ^ Jackson, Kenneth T.; Keller, Lisa; Flood, Nancy (December 2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18257-6.
- ^ Queens Community Board 8