Official Name: | Queens Community District 7 |
Other Name: | Queens Community Board 7 |
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: | ![]() |
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: | Bay Terrace, |
P2: | Beechhurst, |
P3: | College Point |
P4: | Flushing |
P5: | Linden Hill |
P6: | Malba |
P7: | Murray Hill |
P8: | Queensboro Hill |
P9: | Whitestone |
P10: | Willets Point |
Government Type: | Community board |
Governing Body: | Queens Community Board 7 |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Eugene T. Kelty, Jr. |
Leader Title1: | District Manager |
Leader Name1: | Marilyn McAndrews |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 11.8 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 250,162 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
Demographics2 Title1: | African-American |
Demographics2 Info1: | 2.1% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Asian |
Demographics2 Info2: | 52.1% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
Demographics2 Info3: | 17.6% |
Demographics2 Title4: | White |
Demographics2 Info4: | 25.6% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
Demographics2 Info5: | 2.5% |
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: | 11354, 11355, 11356, 11357, 11358, 11360, and 11367 |
Area Code Type: | Area codes |
Area Codes: | 718, 347, and 929, and 917 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precincts |
Blank Info Sec1: | 109th |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
The Queens Community Board 7 is a local governmental advisory board in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Flushing, Bay Terrace, College Point, Whitestone, Malba, Murray Hill, Linden Hill, Beechhurst, Queensboro Hill and Willets Point, in the borough of Queens.[3] It is delimited by the Flushing Bay to the west, the East River to the north, Utopia Parkway (south of 24th Avenue) and Little Neck Bay (north of 24th Avenue) on the east, and Reeves Avenue on the south. CB7 is the biggest community board in Queens.
Half of the board's members are appointed by the Queens Borough President, and half are nominated by the New York City Council members who represent the district.
As of the 2000 United States census, the community board has a population of 325,500. 84,654 (28.1%) were White non-Hispanic, 20,485 (8.2%) were African-American, 92,399 (58.3%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 1,856 (2.4%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 2,256 (1.0%) were of some other race, 14,458 (6.9%) were of two or more race, and 42,865 (32.4%) were Hispanic.
According to the 2010 Census, Queens Community Board 7 had a population of 247,354. This included White non-Hispanic (73,668 or 29.8%), Black/African American (5,512 or 2.2%), Asian or Pacific Islander (122,094 or 49.4%), American Indian and Alaska Native (215 or 0.1%), and (41,164 or 16.6%) Hispanic.[4]