retreats, and also hosts community civic conferences. In the Fall of 2011, all administrative offices were relocated and the building hosted eighty undergraduate seminarians studying at nearby St. John's University, in addition to retired priests from the Diocese of Brooklyn. Libraries The Queens Public Library operates two branches in the neighborhood. The Douglaston/Little Neck branch is located at 249-01 Northern Boulevard, and the North Hills branch is located at 57-04 Marathon Parkway. Transportation Douglaston–Little Neck is served by two stations on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch. The Douglaston station is located at 235th Street and 41st Avenue, while the Little Neck station is located at Little Neck Parkway and 39th Road. The latter is located next to a busy railroad crossing with Little Neck Parkway, which is regarded as one of the most dangerous in New York City due to its high volume of traffic. Though there are no New York City Subway stations near Douglaston–Little Neck, the neighborhood is served by MTA Regional Bus Operations' local buses, which connect to the subway. In addition, the express buses provide direct service to Manhattan, while the n20G bus provides closed-door bus service between the neighborhood and nearby Great Neck. Two major Long Island highways pass through Douglaston–Little Neck: Interstate 495 (the Long Island Expressway) and the Cross Island Parkway. A third, the Grand Central Parkway, forms the southern boundary of the neighborhood. Local media The area is served by the Little Neck Ledger, owned by the TimesLedger Newspapers, a chain of 14 weekly newspapers spread throughout Queens. Media giant News Corporation, which also owns the New York Post, bought TimesLedger in October 2006. Notable residents Claudio Arrau (1903–1991), pianist Lidia Bastianich (born 1947), celebrity chef (current resident) Ruth Benedict (1887–1948), anthropologist, lived here after her marriage in 1914 Deborah Berke (born 1954), architect of Deborah Berke & Partners and dean of Yale School of Architecture since 2016 Hugh Auchincloss Brown (1879–1975), electrical engineer and conspiracy theorist, proponent of the cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis John Matthew Cannella (1908–1996), United States federal judge who played as an offensive lineman in the NFL for the New York Giants in the 1930s Mary Carillo (born 1957), sportscaster and former professional tennis player James Conlon (born 1950), conductor Alex Corbisiero (born 1988), international/pro rugby player who played for the Northampton Saints Whitey Ford (1928–2020), baseball player with the New York Yankees and member