Briarwood, Queens
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Briarwood is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It is located west of Jamaica and bounded by Queens Boulevard, Main Street, the Grand Central Parkway and Hillside Avenue. It is serviced by the F (and sometimes E) train subway line.
Briarwood is mainly a residential neighborhood. Noted actor Steven Weber (of the television series "Wings") is from Briarwood.
Briarwood is home to the Catholic Archbishop Molloy High School (http://www.molloyhs.org). One of the school's more famous alumni is actor David Caruso, who is currently featured on the series CSI Miami. The school is named in honor of Archbishop Thomas Molloy. It has about 1,550 students.
Also located in Briarwood is Robert A. Van Wyck M.S.217Q, a middle school of 1,300 students in grades 6, 7, and 8. The school was established in 1955 and was named after the first mayor of the Greater City of New York, Robert A. Van Wyck, a Tammany Hall lawyer.
In the Van-Wyck Briarwood station subway hang many paintings done by the students of Archbishop Molloy High School, M.S.217Q, and P.S.117Q. They are titled, "Beautifying Briarwood".