Queens
—  Borough of New York City  —
Queens County
The Unisphere, unofficial symbol of Queens.
Location of Queens shown in yellow.
Coordinates: 40°42′15.0″N 73°55′4.0″W / 40.704167, -73.917778
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Queens
City	New York City
Settled	1683
Government
- Borough president	Helen Marshall
Area
- Total	178.28 sq mi (461.7 km²)
- Land	109.24 sq mi (282.9 km²)
- Water	69.04 sq mi (178.8 km²)
Population
- Total	2,229,379
- Density	20,409.0/sq mi (7,880/km²)
Website: Official Website of the Queens Borough President

Queens is the largest in area and the second most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, New York, USA. Located on the western portion of Long Island, it is home to New York City's two major airports (John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia), the New York Mets baseball team, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (home of the annual U.S. Open), Kaufman Astoria Studios, Silvercup Studios, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and Queens Center (the most profitable per-square-foot mall in America). Queens or queens may refer to: Queens, the largest (area) borough of New York City Queens, a leading university in Canada In geography: Queens, a borough of New York City Queens County/Queens County Queens Plaza Indian Queens, a village in the United Kingdom Queens Pier... The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ... The Unisphere, June 2005 Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2652x2582, 4764 KB) A map of New York City with Queens highlighted. ... This article is about the state. ... Queens County is the name of several counties around the world: Queens County, New York, United States Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada Queens County, Ireland now known as County Laois This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Borough President is an elective office in New York City. ... Helen Marshall was elected Queens Borough President in 2001 succeeding the term-limited Claire Shulman. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... John F. Kennedy International Airport is the main international airport in New York City, and is one of the largest airports in the world. ... LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) (pronounced La-Gwardia) is an airport serving New York City, New York, United States, located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst in the borough of Queens. ... Major league affiliations National League (1962–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 14, 37, 41, 42, Shea Name New York Mets (1962–present) Other nicknames The Amazin Mets, The Amazins, The Kings of Queens Ballpark Shea Stadium (1964-present) Polo Grounds (1962–1963) Major league titles World... Bronze Statue at the USTA National Tennis Center. ... For other uses, see U.S. Open. ... The Kaufman Astoria Studios are in Queens, New York, and home to productions like Sesame Street. ... Silvercup Studios is the largest film and television production facility in New York City. ... Flushing Meadows Park, also sometimes referred to as Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, is located in northern Queens, New York City, USA at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and the Grand Central Parkway. ... Queens Center is the greatest mall in the universe. ...

As of the 2005 American Community Survey, immigrants comprise 47.6% of Queens residents.^[1] With a population of 2.2 million it is the second most populous borough in New York City (behind Brooklyn) and the tenth most populous county in the United States. The 2.2 million figure is the highest historical population for the borough. [1] Were each borough an independent city, Queens would be the 4th largest city in the United States. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the New York City borough, or Kings County, New York. ... This is a list of the 100 largest counties in the United States by population. ...

Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of New York and was supposedly named for the then-queen consort, Catherine of Braganza, the Catholic wife of Charles II[2] [3] (this is not supported by contemporary documents). The borough is often considered one of the more suburban boroughs of New York City. Neighborhoods in central (except those situated along Queens Boulevard), southern, and eastern Queens have a look and feel similar to the bordering suburbs of western Nassau County. In its northwestern section, however, Queens is home to many urban neighborhoods and several central business districts. Long Island City, on the Queens' waterfront across from Manhattan, is the site of the Citicorp Building, the tallest skyscraper in New York City outside of Manhattan. A map of the Province of New York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Catherine of Braganza (November 25, 1638 – November 30, 1705) (Catherine Henrietta, Portuguese: Catarina Henriqueta de Bragança), was the queen consort of King Charles II of England. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... A view down Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills. ... Theodore Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... Long Island City, New York, often abbreviated L.I.C., is an area in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Citicorp Building is a 50 story (201 metres or 658 feet) office tower in Long Island City, Queens just outside of Manhattan. ...

History

European colonization brought both Dutch and English settlers, as a part of the New Netherlands colony. First settlements occurred in 1635, with colonization at Maspeth in 1642,^[2] and Vlissingen (now Flushing) in 1643.^[3] Other early settlements included Newtown (now Elmhurst) and Jamaica. However, these towns were mostly inhabited by English settlers from New England via eastern Long Island (Suffolk County) subject to Dutch law. After the capture of the colony by the English and its renaming as New York in 1664, the area (and all of Long Island) became known as Yorkshire. “UK” redirects here. ... New Netherland (Dutch Nieuw-Nederland, Latin: Nova Belgica) was the territory claimed by the Netherlands on the eastern coast of North America in the 17th century. ... Maspeth is a small community in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. ... Several landmarks from two New York Worlds Fairs still stand in Flushing Meadows, including the US Steel Unisphere Flushing is an urban neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. ... Queens Boulvard in Elmhurst, Queens NY. Macys and Queens Center Mall can be seen in the background. ... This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Yorkshire County was an original county of the English Province of New York. ...

Originally, Queens County included the adjacent area now comprising Nassau County. It was an original county of New York State, one of twelve created in 1683. Theodore Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ...

Queens played a minor role in the American Revolution, as compared to Brooklyn where the Battle of Long Island was largely fought. Queens, like the rest of Long Island, fell under British occupation after the Battle of Long Island in 1776 and remained occupied throughout most of the rest of the war. Under the Quartering Act, British soldiers used, as barracks, the public inns and uninhabited buildings belonging to Queens residents, against the will of many of the local people. The quartering of soldiers in private homes, except in times of war, was banned by the Third Amendment to the United States Constitution. Nathan Hale was captured by the British on the shore of Flushing Bay in Queens before being executed in Manhattan. John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen... This article is about the New York City borough, or Kings County, New York. ... Combatants United States Kingdom of Great Britain Commanders George Washington, Israel Putnam William Howe, Charles Cornwallis, Henry Clinton Strength 11,000-13,000 unknown, nearly 20,000 (about 10,000 of which were militia ) 22,000 (including 9,000 Hessians) Casualties 1,719 total (312 dead, 1,407 wounded, captured... Quartering Act is the name of at least two acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. ... The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. ... For other persons named Nathan Hale, see Nathan Hale (disambiguation). ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ...

From 1683 until 1784, Queens County consisted of five towns: Flushing, Hempstead, Jamaica, Newtown, and Oyster Bay. On April 6, 1784, a sixth town, the Town of North Hempstead, was formed through secession by the northern portions of the Town of Hempstead.^[4][5][6] The Town of Hempstead is one of the three towns (otherwise known as civil townships) in Nassau County, New York, United States. ... The Town of Oyster Bay is one of three towns in Nassau County, New York on Long Island, United States. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... North Hempstead is a town in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 222,611. ...

The seat of the county government was located first in Jamaica,^[7] but was moved about 1788 to Mineola,^{[8][9][10][11][12][13] [14][15]} (now part of Nassau County, it was called Clowesville until 1858^[16][17]). In 1870, Long Island City was incorporated as a city (consisting of what had been the Village of Astoria and some unincorporated areas in the Town of Newtown), and about 1874, the seat of county government was moved there from Mineola.^[18][19][20] Landmarks in Mineola, New York. ... Industrial Long Island City, Manhattan Skyline behind. ... Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge (left) and the Hell Gate Bridge (right) spanning Astoria Park and the Astoria Pool Astoria is a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. ...

The New York City Borough of Queens was formed on January 1, 1898, after an 1894 vote on consolidation.^[21][22][23] Long Island City, the towns of Newtown, Flushing, and Jamaica, and the Rockaway Peninsula portion of the Town of Hempstead were merged to form the new borough, dissolving all former municipal governments (Long Island City, the county government, all towns and all villages) within the new borough. The areas of Queens County that were not part of the consolidation plan,^{[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]} consisting of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the major remaining portion of the Town of Hempstead, remained part of Queens County until they seceded to form the new Nassau County on January 1, 1899, whereupon the boundaries of Queens County and the Borough of Queens became coterminous. With consolidation, Jamaica once again became the county seat, though county offices now extend to nearby Kew Gardens also.^[31][32] is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A Rockaway Peninsula street scene. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in central Queens bounded to the north and east by the Jackie Robinson Parkway (formerly Interborough Parkway), the Van Wyck Expressway, and Queens Boulevard, also to the east by 127th Street, to the south by 85th Avenue, and to the west by Babbage Street and...

From 1905 to 1908 the LIRR in Queens was electrified. Transportation to and from Manhattan, previously by ferry or via bridges in Brooklyn, opened up when the Queensboro Bridge was finished in 1909, and with railway tunnels under the East River in 1910. From 1915 onward, much of Queens was connected to the New York City subway system.^[33][34] With the construction of the elevated IRT subway lines between Queens and Manhattan, and the emergent expansion of the use of the automobile, the population of Queens more than doubled in the 1920s, from 469,042 in 1920 to 1,079,129 in 1930.^[35] The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... “Mass Transit” redirects here. ... Car redirects here. ...

See also: History of New York City

See also: List of streetcar lines in Queens

This article traces the history of New York City, New York. ... The following streetcar lines once operated in Queens, New York City, New York, United States. ...

Geography

Queens County is in the western part of Long Island and includes a few smaller islands, most of which are in Jamaica Bay and form part of Gateway National Recreation Area. The Rockaway Peninsula sits between Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Jamaica Bay is a bay that lies in the shadow of New York Citys skyscrapers and is adjacent to one of the nations busiest airports. ... Gateway National Recreation Area is a 26,607 acre (105 km²) recreation area owned by the United States government in the New York City metropolitan area. ...

The tallest tree in the New York metropolitan area, called the Queens Giant, is also the oldest living thing in the New York metro area. It is located in northeastern Queens, and is 450 years old and 132 feet (40 m) tall as of 2005. New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world . ... The Queens Giant measures 133. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 178.3 sq mi); 109.2 sq mi of it is land and 38.73% of it is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Neighborhoods

A typical residential street in Jackson Heights.

Bayside

Station Square in Forest Hills

Industrial buildings in Long Island City with the Manhattan Skyline in background.

Main article: Neighborhoods of New York City

The United States Postal Service divides the borough into five "towns" based roughly on those in existence at the time of the consolidation of the five boroughs into New York City: Long Island City, Jamaica, Flushing, Far Rockaway, and Floral Park. These ZIP codes do not necessarily reflect actual neighborhood names and boundaries; "East Elmhurst," for example, was largely coined by the USPS and is not an official community. Most neighborhoods have no solid boundaries. The Forest Hills and Rego Park neighborhoods, for instance, overlap. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (1800 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (1800 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ... Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in northern Queens, New York. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1838 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Queens Bayside, Queens Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1838 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Queens Bayside, Queens Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... A typical residential street in Bayside. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Austin Street, the main shopping area in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 239 KB) Summary Industrial Long Island City, on a background of New York City Skyline Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 239 KB) Summary Industrial Long Island City, on a background of New York City Skyline Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... Long Island City, New York, often abbreviated L.I.C., is an area in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... The Neighborhoods of New York City are located within the five boroughs. ... USPS and Usps redirect here. ... Far Rockaway street scene Far Rockaway is one of the four neighborhoods on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States. ... Floral Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Astoria Boulevard in East Elmhurst, Queens NY East Elmhurst is a culturally diverse area in New York City, in the northwest of the borough of Queens. ... Austin Street, the main shopping area in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. ... Rego Park is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. ...

Residents of Queens often closely identify with their neighborhood rather than with the borough or city as a whole. Postal addresses are written with the neighborhood, state, and then zip code rather than the borough or city. The borough is a patchwork of dozens of unique neighborhoods, each with its own distinct identity:

• Howard Beach, Middle Village, and Whitestone, are home to large Italian American populations.
• Rockaway Beach has a large Irish American population.
• Astoria, in the northwest, is traditionally home to one of the largest Greek populations outside of Greece, and is home to a growing population of young professionals from Manhattan. Nearby Long Island City is a major commercial center and the home of the Queensbridge housing project.
• Maspeth and Ridgewood are home to many European immigrants, including a large Polish population, as well as a large Slavic population and a large Romanian population. Ridgewood also has a large Hispanic population.
• Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, and Corona make up an enormous conglomeration of Hispanic, Asian American and South Asian communities.
• Flushing is home to a large Korean and Chinese population.
• Richmond Hill, in the south, is often thought of as "Little Guyana" for its large Indo-Caribbean community.^[36] It also has the largest population of Sikhs from the Indian state of Punjab.
• Rego Park, Forest Hills, and Kew Gardens have traditionally large Jewish populations (many of these communities are Jewish immigrants from Israel, Iran and the former Soviet Union).
• Jamaica Estates, Fresh Meadows, and Hollis Hills are also populated with many people of Jewish background. Many Asian families reside in parts of Fresh Meadows as well.
• Jamaica is home to large African American and Caribbean populations. There are also middle-class African American and Caribbean neighborhoods such as Hollis, Saint Albans, Cambria Heights, Springfield Gardens, Rosedale, and Laurelton along east and southeast Queens.
• Bellerose and Floral Park are home to a large South-Asian population, predominantly Indian-Americans from the north-Indian state of Punjab and the south-Indian state of Kerala. There are some less diverse, but still prosperous part of Queens, such as South Jamaica.

Together, these neighborhoods comprise the most diverse county in the United States.^[37] Several of these neighborhoods are home to a diverse mix of many different ethnicities. Howard Beach is a neighborhood in southwestern Queens, New York. ... Metropolitan Avenue, and Metro Mall, in Middle Village, Queens NY Middle Village is a neighborhood in central Queens, a borough of New York City. ... Whitestone is a neighborhood in north-central section of the borough of Queens in New York City, located between the East River to the north and Bayside Avenue to the south. ... An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood in the Rockaways in Queens County, New York in the USA. It is on the south shore of Long Island and is inside New York City. ... Irish population density in the United States, 1872. ... Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge (left) and the Hell Gate Bridge (right) spanning Astoria Park and the Astoria Pool Astoria is a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the United States. ... Maspeth is a small community in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District runs from Wyckoff Avenue to Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood. ... Slavic and Slavonic are used interchangably in English, with the former perferred in US English, and the latter in English. ... Hispanic (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ; Latin: , adjective from Hispānia, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania and its peoples. ... A typical residential street in Jackson Heights. ... Queens Boulvard in Elmhurst, Queens NY. Macys and Queens Center Mall can be seen in the background. ... Corona, Queens, (zip code 11368) is a neighborhood in the former Township of Flushing in the New York City borough of Queens surrounded by Flushing, Jackson Heights, and Elmhurst. ... Hispanic (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ; Latin: , adjective from Hispānia, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania and its peoples. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ... Several landmarks from two New York Worlds Fairs still stand in Flushing Meadows, including the US Steel Unisphere Flushing is an urban neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. ... Liberty Avenue intersecting with Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill, Queens NY. Richmond Hill is a neighborhood in central-southern Queens, New York City, USA. It is bordered by Kew Gardens to the north, Woodhaven and Ozone Park to the west, South Ozone Park to the South and South Jamaica to... An Indo-Caribbean is a person of South Asian origin who lives in the Caribbean, or the descendant of such a person. ... Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ), founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Northern India, is the fifth-largest religion in the world. ... , This article is about the Indian state of Punjab. ... Rego Park is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. ... Austin Street, the main shopping area in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. ... Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in central Queens bounded to the north and east by the Jackie Robinson Parkway (formerly Interborough Parkway), the Van Wyck Expressway, and Queens Boulevard, also to the east by 127th Street, to the south by 85th Avenue, and to the west by Babbage Street and... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Jamaica Estates World War II Memorial Jamaica Estates is a wealthy neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Fresh Meadows is a primarily residential neighborhood in northeastern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City, which is bordered to the east by Francis Lewis Boulevard and Cunningham Park, to the south by Union Turnpike, to the north by Kissena Park, and to the west by parts... Hollis Hills is an neighborhood in the north-east section of the borough of Queens in New York City. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... West Indies redirects here. ... Hollis is a neighborhood within the southeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. ... St. ... Cambria Heights (Zip Code 11411) is a middle class neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Rosedale is a neighborhood in southeastern Queens in New York City. ... Laurelton is an African American neighborhood in Queens, New York, USA. A stop on the Long Island railroad -- all of Queens, New York, is actually located on Long Island -- Laurelton was named for the laurels that grew there over 100 years ago. ... Bellerose is a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Queens (borough of New York City (USA) along the border with Nassau County. ... Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... , This article is about the Indian state of Punjab. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... South Jamaica, known colloquially as Southside, is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located south of downtown Jamaica, the Long Island Rail Road tracks and Liberty Avenue. ...

See also: List of Queens neighborhoods

This is a list of neighborhoods in Queens, one of five boroughs of New York City. ...

Adjacent counties

• Bronx County, New York - north
• Nassau County, New York - east
• New York County, New York - west
• Kings County, New York - west and south
• Richmond County, New York- southwest

For other uses, see Bronx (disambiguation). ... Theodore Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... This article is about the New York City borough, or Kings County, New York. ... This article is about the borough in New York City. ...

Government

Queens County Courthouse

Main article: Government of New York City

Since New York City's consolidation in 1898, Queens has been governed by the New York City Charter that provides for a strong mayor-council system. The centralized New York City government is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, and welfare services in Queens. Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... GOP redirects here. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 6. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 6. ... New York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a strong mayor-council form of government since its consolidation in 1898. ... Mayor-Council government is one of two variations of government most commonly used in modern representative municipal governments in the United States. ...

The office of Borough President was created in the consolidation of 1898 to balance centralization with local authority. Each borough president had a powerful administrative role derived from having a vote on the New York City Board of Estimate, which was responsible for creating and approving the city's budget and proposals for land use. In 1989 the Supreme Court of the United States declared the Board of Estimate unconstitutional on the grounds that Brooklyn, the most populous borough, had no greater effective representation on the Board than Staten Island, the least populous borough, a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause pursuant to the high court's 1964 "one man, one vote" decision.^[38] Borough President is an elective office in New York City. ... The New York City Board of Estimate was a governmental body in New York City, responsible for budget and land-use decisions. ... The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS[1]) is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. ... Amendment XIV in the National Archives The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Amendment XIV) is one of the post-Civil War amendments (known as the Reconstruction Amendments), first intended to secure rights for former slaves. ... Congressman John Bingham of Ohio was the principal framer of the Equal Protection Clause. ...

Since 1990 the Borough President has acted as an advocate for the borough at the mayoral agencies, the City Council, the New York state government, and corporations. Queens' Borough President is Helen Marshall, elected as a Democrat in 2001 and re-elected in 2005. Helen Marshall was elected Queens Borough President in 2001 succeeding the term-limited Claire Shulman. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic...

The Democratic Party holds the majority of public offices. Sixty-three percent of registered Queens voters are Democrats. Local party platforms center on affordable housing, education and economic development. Controversial political issues in Queens include development, noise, and the cost of housing.

There are currently four Democrats representing Queens in the U.S. Congress: GOP redirects here. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Presidential election results map. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... The election was held on November 8, 1988. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political...

• Gary Ackerman represents the fifth district, which includes Corona, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Bayside, and Little Neck;
• Joseph Crowley represents Woodside, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and College Point in seventh district, and also serves as head of the Queens Democratic Party;
• Gregory Meeks represents areas in the sixth district including Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Laurelton, Queens Village and Far Rockaway;
• Anthony Weiner represents the ninth district, including Forest Hills, Rego Park, Middle Village, Fresh Meadows, Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Howard Beach and Rockaway Beach.

In addition, portions of Woodside, Maspeth, and Ridgewoood are represented by Brooklyn's Nydia Velazquez, and Astoria and Long Island City are in the Manhattan-based 14th district of Carolyn Maloney. Congressman Gary L. Ackerman Gary Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is presently serving his twelfth term in the United States House of Representatives. ... The 5th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that lies along the North Shore of Long Island. ... A typical residential street in Bayside. ... Little Neck is a community in Queens, New York. ... Joseph Crowley (born March 16, 1962) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of New York, currently the representing the states 7th Congressional district (see map) in the United States House of Representatives. ... Woodside is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Astoria Boulevard in East Elmhurst, Queens NY East Elmhurst is a culturally diverse area in New York City, in the northwest of the borough of Queens. ... College Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... New Yorks Seventh Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. ... Gregory W. Meeks Gregory Weldon Meeks (born September 25, 1953), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing the Sixth Congressional District of New York. ... New Yorks Sixth Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. ... Laurelton is an African American neighborhood in Queens, New York, USA. A stop on the Long Island railroad -- all of Queens, New York, is actually located on Long Island -- Laurelton was named for the laurels that grew there over 100 years ago. ... Anthony D. Weiner (b. ... New Yorks 9th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. ... Woodhaven Boulevard, Main Road, Large abundance of trees Woodhaven, once known as Woodville, is home to a wealthy mix of middle to upper-class residents, mostly a middle-income neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Ozone Park Welcome Sign. ... Maspeth is a small community in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District runs from Wyckoff Avenue to Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood. ... Nydia Margarita Velazquez (born (March 28, 1953) in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico), became the first Puerto Rican woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. ... New Yorks 14th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. ... Carolyn Bosher Maloney (b. ...

Each of the city's five counties has its own criminal court system and District Attorney, the chief public prosecutor who is directly elected by popular vote. Richard A. Brown, a Democrat, has been the District Attorney of Queens County since 1991. Queens has 12 City Council members, the second largest number among the five boroughs. It also has 14 administrative districts, each served by a local Community Board. Community Boards are representative bodies that field complaints and serve as advocates for local residents. A district attorney is, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminals. ...

Although it is heavily Democratic, Queens is considered a swing county in New York politics. Republican political candidates who do well in Queens usually win citywide or statewide elections. Republicans such as former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and current Mayor Michael Bloomberg won majorities in Queens. Republican State Senator Serphin Maltese represents a district in central and southern Queens. In 2002, Queens voted against incumbent Republican Governor of New York George Pataki in favor of his Democratic opponent, Carl McCall by a slim margin. GOP redirects here. ... Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, founder of Bloomberg L.P., and the current Mayor of New York City. ... Serphin R. Maltese (Born: Corona, New York on December 7, 1932) is a Republican New York State Senator representing Central and Southern Queens, New York. ... This is a list of the Governors of New York. ... George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who was the 57th Governor of New York serving from January 1995 until January 1, 2007. ... H. Carl McCall (born 1935) is a former Comptroller of New York State and was the Democratic candidate in the 2002 election for state governor. ...

Queens has not voted for a Republican candidate in a presidential election since 1972, when Queens voters chose Richard Nixon over George McGovern. In the 2004 presidential election Democrat John Kerry received 71.7% of the vote in Queens and Republican George W. Bush received 27.4%. Nixon redirects here. ... George McGovern on May 8, 1972 cover of Time Magazine George Stanley McGovern, (born July 19, 1922) is a former United States Representative, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee. ... Presidential election results map. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in his fourth term of office. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

Economy

An aerial view of LaGuardia Airport

The economy of Queens is based on tourism, industry, and trade. Because the New York metropolitan area effectually has three major airports, the airspace overhead is among the busiest and most controlled in the world. John F. Kennedy International Airport, located in southern Queens is the busiest airport in the country in terms of international travelers. Queens is also home to the more domestic La Guardia Airport, in Jackson Heights. Queens is increasingly attracting film studios — a return of an industry that had departed decades earlier — notably the Kaufman Studios in Astoria and the Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, where a number of notable television shows are made, including Sesame Street. Image File history File links LaGuardiaairport. ... Image File history File links LaGuardiaairport. ... LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) (pronounced La-Gwardia) is an airport serving New York City, New York, United States, located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst in the borough of Queens. ... New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world . ... Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a particular country on top of its territory and territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere. ... For the regional airport in Wisconsin, see John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport. ... FAA diagram of LaGuardia Airport Fiorello La Guardia Airport is located in Flushing, a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens, New York near the Flushing Bay. ... The Kaufman Astoria Studios are in Queens, New York, and home to productions like Sesame Street. ... Silvercup Studios is the largest film and television production facility in New York City. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...

The Queens Museum of Art and the New York Hall of Science are further east, in Flushing Meadows Park — site of both the 1939 New York World's Fair, the 1964 New York World's Fair and the annual US Open tennis tournament. Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets baseball team, is just north of the park. Citi Field, the future home of the Mets, is currently being constructed adjacent to Shea Stadium. The park is also the third largest park in New York City at 1,255 acres (5 km²), making it 412 acres (1.7 km²) larger than Central Park in Manhattan. The Queens Museum of Art is a major art museum in the Queens borough of New York City. ... The New York Hall of Science occupies one of the few remaining structures of the 1964 New York Worlds Fair in Flushing Meadow-Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City (USA). ... Flushing Meadows Park, also sometimes referred to as Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, is located in northern Queens, New York City, USA at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and the Grand Central Parkway. ... Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline photo by Sam Gottscho The 1939-40 New York Worlds Fair, located on the current site of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair), was one of the largest worlds fairs of all time. ... View of the New York Worlds Fair 1964/1965 as seen from the observation towers of the New York State pavilion. ... For other uses, see U.S. Open. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... This article is about the home of the New York Mets. ... Major league affiliations National League (1962–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 14, 37, 41, 42, Shea Name New York Mets (1962–present) Other nicknames The Amazin Mets, The Amazins, The Kings of Queens Ballpark Shea Stadium (1964-present) Polo Grounds (1962–1963) Major league titles World... Citi Field will be the new Major League Baseball stadium for the New York Mets that is being built in Willets Point in the New York City borough of Queens as a replacement for Shea Stadium, which was constructed in 1964 adjacent to the site of the 1964 Worlds... Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres, 3. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ...

Several large companies have their headquarters in Queens, including watchmaker Bulova, based in East Elmhurst; Glacéau, the makers of Vitamin Water, headquartered in Whitestone; and JetBlue, the airliner based in John F. Kennedy Airport. Bulova is a New York based corporation making watches and clocks. ... Glacéau is the brand name of a line of products sold by Energy Brands, Inc. ... jetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) is an American low-cost airline. ...

Long Island City is a major manufacturing and commercial center. Flushing is a major commercial hub for Chinese American and Korean American businesses, while Jamaica is a major business and transportation hub for the borough. A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... A Korean American is a person of Korean ancestry who was either born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...

See also: Economy of New York City

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Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Queens