home to athletes such as professional basketball player Rafer Alston Basketball players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Metta World Peace were both born in Queens, as were Olympic athletes Bob Beamon and Dalilah Muhammad. Tennis star John McEnroe was born in Douglaston. Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Whitey Ford grew up in Astoria. Journalist Marie Colvin was a native of Queens. In popular culture Queens has also served as a setting for various fictional characters, one of the more famous being Peter Parker / Spider-Man from Marvel Comics. He grew up in Forest Hills with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. The Cemetery Belt Several large cemeteries in Queens – St. Michaels, Luthern, Calvary, Cypress Hill, Mt. Olivet and Mt. Zion – together with several in Brooklyn are collectively known as The Cemetery Belt. Calvary, by itself – with about 3 million burials – has the largest number of interments of any cemetery in the United States. See also List of tallest buildings in Queens National Register of Historic Places listings in Queens County, New York Queens directories Notes References <references> "Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk" "Jacob Riis Beach" "Fort Tilden Beach" "Breezy Point Tip" "Water Taxi Beach, Long Island City"</ol></ref> </div> </references> Further reading ; , (publication); (article); (article). Journal → , ; Article → ; ; (Research Library database); . ; . ; , , . <li> <li> ; . <li> ; . <li> ; . <li> Items extracted from newspapers and other sources, arranged chronologically, 1639–1832. ; , . → also accessible via (Library of Congress). ; . <li> ; . <li> (1st ed.; 2007); (2007); , ; . <li> . . (covers the 1870s to the 1930s). ; . "Based on the work of the Community History Program at Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College." (hardback), (ebook); (paperback), (ebook); . <li> <li> ; ; . . <li> <li> ; ; . <li> External links Official History Page of the Queens Borough President's Office La Guardia and Wagner Archives/Queens Local History Collection Queens Buzz Boroughs of New York City Populated coastal places in New York (state) 1683 establishments in the Province of New York Populated places established in 1683 Majority-minority counties in New York Catherine of Braganza