Official Name: | Queens Community District 1 |
Other Name: | Queens Community Board 1 |
Settlement Type: | Community District |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | USA New York City#USA New York#USA |
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.
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.
The land area is 3702acres, or 5.8sqmi.