Official Name: | Queens Community District 8 |
Other Name: | Queens Community Board 8 |
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: | Briarwood |
P2: | South Flushing |
P3: | Fresh Meadows |
P4: | Holliswood |
P5: | Jamaica Estates |
P6: | Jamaica Hills |
P7: | Kew Gardens Hills |
Government Type: | Community board |
Governing Body: | Queens Community Board 8 |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Martha Taylor |
Leader Title1: | District Manager |
Leader Name1: | Marie Adam-Ovide |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 7.4 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 151,107 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
Demographics2 Title1: | African-American |
Demographics2 Info1: | 11.5% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Asian |
Demographics2 Info2: | 34.3% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
Demographics2 Info3: | 19.2% |
Demographics2 Title4: | White |
Demographics2 Info4: | 30.6% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
Demographics2 Info5: | 4.4% |
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: | 11366, 11367, 11423, 11432, 11435, and 11427 |
Area Code Type: | Area codes |
Area Codes: | 718, 347, and 929, and 917 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precincts |
Blank Info Sec1: | 107th |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] |
The Queens Community Board 8 is a local government in the New York City borough of Queens, encompassing the neighborhoods of Briarwood, Cunningham Heights, Flushing South, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Hilltop Village, Holliswood, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok, and Utopia.[4] It is delimited by the Long Island Expressway to Hillside Avenue and from the Van Wyck Expressway to the Clearview Expressway.[5]