Queens Community Board 1 Explained

Official Name:Queens Community District 1
Other Name:Queens Community Board 1
Settlement Type:Community District
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New York City
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2: New York City
Subdivision Type3:Borough
Subdivision Name3: Queens
Parts Type:Neighborhoods
Parts Style:list
Parts:list
P1:Astoria
P2:Ditmars
P3:Long Island City
P4:Queensbridge
P5:Ravenswood
P6:Rikers Island
P7:Steinway
P8:Woodside
Government Type:Community board
Governing Body:Queens Community Board 1
Leader Title:Chairperson
Leader Name:Marie Torniali
Leader Title1:District Manager
Leader Name1:Florence Koulouris
Unit Pref:US
Area Total Sq Mi:6.2
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:172,468
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Demographics Type2:Ethnicity
Demographics2 Title1:African American
Demographics2 Info1:6.3%
Demographics2 Title2:Asian
Demographics2 Info2:15.9%
Demographics2 Title3:Hispanic and Latino Americans
Demographics2 Info3:27.2%
Demographics2 Title4:White
Demographics2 Info4:47.8%
Demographics2 Title5:Others
Demographics2 Info5:2.9%
Demographics2 Title6:American Indian or Alaska Native -->
Demographics2 Info6:% -->
Timezone1:Eastern
Utc Offset1:−5
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:11101, 11102, 11103, 11105, 11106, and 11370
Area Code Type:Area codes
Area Codes:718, 347, and 929, and 917
Blank Name Sec1:Police Precincts
Blank Info Sec1:114th
Footnotes:[1] [2]

The Queens Community Board 1 is a local advisory group in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay, and Woodside, in the Borough of Queens.[3] It also includes Rikers Island, the citywide correctional complex, which is within the Borough of the Bronx but connected by its only bridge to Astoria.[4] The Board's district is delimited by the East River on both west and north, by the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway on the east, and by Northern Boulevard, the Long Island Rail Road and Bridge Plaza North on the south.

As of September 21, 2015, the current chairperson is to be determined by vote, and the District Manager is Florence Koulouris.

Demographics

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board had a population of 211,220, up from 188,549 in 1990 and 185,198 in 1980.

Of them (as of 2000), 88,606 (41.9%) were White non-Hispanic, 21,581 (10.2%) were African American, 27,399 (13.0%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 475 (0.2%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 3,099 (1.5%) were of some other race, 12,368 (5.9%) were of two or more races, and 57,692 (27.3%) were Hispanic.

As of 2004, 23.4% of the population benefited from public assistance, which was up from 13.2% in 2000.

Geography

The land area is 3702acres, or 5.8sqmi.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NYC Planning Community Profiles. communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. August 23, 2019.
  2. Web site: Queens Community District 1 profile.pdf. docs.google.com. NYC Department of Planning. August 23, 2019. en.
  3. http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/queens.shtml Queens Community Boards
  4. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neighbor/neighb.shtml A City of Neighborhoods