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According to legend, Whitestone takes its name from a large offshore rock where tides from the East River and Long Island Sound met; in other accounts the name is in honor of the White Stone Chapel, erected by townsman Samuel Leggett in 1837. For a time, Whitestone was known as Clintonville, after NYC mayor and NY State Governor DeWitt Clinton, who lived in the area.
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1890 - PLEASURE SEEKERS DROWN - A Rowboat Capsizes and Five Occupants Perish.
A shocking drowning accident by which five lost their lives, occurred recently off Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y. The employes of the Schaeffer...Read MORE...- 1894 - NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. Wealthy Residents of Whitestone Meet with an Accident.
WHITESTONE, L. I., Oct. 3. - Joseph H. Titus, fifty-eight years old, and Mrs. Wallace, his sister-in-law, aged fifty-five, wealthy residents of the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Whitestone
Whitestone, whit'stön, a post-village of Queens co., N.Y., in Flushing township, on the Flushing & North Side Railroad, and on Long Island Sound, 11% ...Read MORE... - 1906
Whitestone, a former post-village of Queens co., N.Y.. on Long Island Sound and on the Long Island R.. 11 1/ 2 miles ENE. of the centre of Brooklyn....Read MORE... 
Cottages on Eighth Avenue, Whitestone, L.I.
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Shore Road, Whitestone, L.I.
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Whitestone Bridge, New York City
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Cottages on Eighth Avenue, Whitestone, L.I.
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Whitestone Bridge, New York City
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1890 - PLEASURE SEEKERS DROWN - A Rowboat Capsizes and Five Occupants Perish.
A shocking drowning accident by which five lost their lives, occurred recently off Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y. The employes of the Schaeffer... Read MORE...
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1894 - NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. Wealthy Residents of Whitestone Meet with an Accident.
WHITESTONE, L. I., Oct. 3. - Joseph H. Titus, fifty-eight years old, and Mrs. Wallace, his sister-in-law, aged fifty-five, wealthy residents of the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Whitestone
Whitestone, whit'stön, a post-village of Queens co., N.Y., in Flushing township, on the Flushing & North Side Railroad, and on Long Island Sound, 11% ... Read MORE...
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1906
Whitestone, a former post-village of Queens co., N.Y.. on Long Island Sound and on the Long Island R.. 11 1/ 2 miles ENE. of the centre of Brooklyn.... Read MORE...
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