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Queens will not only serve our An officer on the board of di- growing population but also has rectors of the Bowne House His- the potential to provide residents torical Society said the homeless- with intraborough transit and ness and accompanying problems further strengthen the local econ- at night have been occurring omy,” she said in a statement. during the last year in the park, “We’ve seen just that happen located 143-20 37th Ave. across the East River in Hudson This has had an adverse effect County, N.J.” It was a free-for-all with water guns as hundreds of kids joined a party for neighborhood youth thrown by the on the Bowne House, whose prop- The Hudson-Bergen line was River Fund, a city organization that fights hunger, homelessness and poverty, in Flushing Meadows Corona erty has been littered with liquor Park. Photo by Michael Shain bottles thrown over the fence and Continued on Page 8 Continued on Page 8 Have a question about city stats? 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