She was 81 years old and lived in Belle Harbor, Queens.
But without community input, all it's really done is create turmoil in Belle Harbor.
Nowadays, life is a little less peaceful around Belle Harbor.
Even within Belle Harbor, the K-8 plan has drawn criticism.
Public School 114, in Belle Harbor, is ranked as one of the top city schools.
He was 65 years old and lived in Belle Harbor, Queens.
The school and church are just a block from where five residents of Belle Harbor were killed last week when Flight 587 went down.
And the short time they have spent so far in Belle Harbor tells them they were right.
It isn't that the real world hasn't intruded on Belle Harbor in recent years.
Lancaster also later developed the community of Belle Harbor, further west along the peninsula.