Ozone Park is in a weird geographical area (notice that it’s not mentioned in the Neighborhoodr choices). It’s halfway in Queens, and Halfway in Brooklyn.
Anyhow, my favorite place to eat in Ozone Park is Josephine’s Pizza (Disclosure: I built the website for them). The pepperoni pizza is probably their best, and the price is very reasonable. Ersilia, Josephine’s daughter, is also very friendly and a delight to speak to.
In the middle 19th century the road between Brooklyn and Jamaica became the Brooklyn and Jamaica Plank Road. The New York and Manhattan Beach Railway and the Long Island Rail Road were also built through the pass. The point where they met was called Broadway Junction. As often happened at 19th century railroad junctions, a railway town arose. Rapid transit lines were built and brought urban sprawl to this recently rustic northern part of the Town of New Lots. The road to Brooklyn was renamed Fulton Street, the one to Jamaica, Jamaica Avenue and the one to Williamsburg, Broadway. East New York was annexed as the 26th Ward of the rapidly growing City of Brooklyn, and in the 20th century its name came to be applied to much of the former township.
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4PM, Mar 28 2010
