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Feel St. Albans’ Beat

February 21st, 2008 by Joe Filippazzo

This article appeared in the 21 February issue of am New York.

St. Albans is a quiet middle-class neighborhood in eastern Queens, but just beneath lies a level of culture, politics and heritage that not all New York neighborhoods can boast.

Roy Wilkins School
PS 136 Roy Wilkins School at 201-15 115th Ave ST. ALBANS is named in honor of the prominent African American civil rights activist who was assistant NAACP secretary during the early 1930’s. (RJ Mickelson / amNewYork)

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