East and Northeast Queens, 2000

Community District 7
North: East River/Little Neck Bay
East: Flushing Meadows Ln/
Utopia Way/28th Ave
West: Flushing Bay
South: Reeves Ave
133-32 41st Road - Suite 3B
Flushing, NY 11355
TEL: 718.359.2800
FAX: 718.463.3891
Website: na
Dist Mngr: Marilyn Bitterman

Community District 12
North: Hillside Ave
East: Springfield/Francis Lewis
West: Van Wyck Expwy
South:  Southern Pkwy
90-28 161st Street,
Jamaica, NY 11432
TEL: 718.658.3308
FAX: 718.739.6997
Website: na
District Manager: Gloria Black

Community District 13
North: Grand Central Pkwy
East: City Line (Nassau County)
West:  Southern/Springfield/
Francis Lewis
South: JFK International Airport
Queens Reform Church,
219-41 Jamaica Avenue,
Queens Village, NY 11428
TEL: 718.464.9700
FAX: 718.264.2739
Website: www.cb13q.org
Dist Mngr: Sally Martine-Fisher

General Characteristics:

Population

242,952

223,602

196,284

Sex

52.1% Female, 47.9% Male

54.2% Female, 45.8% Male

53.8% Female, 46.2% Male

Median Age

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

Racial Characteristics

Nonhispanic of Single Race:

White

41.3%

2.2%

18.4%

Black

2.8%

72.2%

55.1%

Asian

36.0%

4.9%

10.2%

2 or more races

2.6%

4.5%

4.1%

Hispanic

16.9%

13.7%

10.4%

Social Characteristics:

Population Under 18 Years

47,815 (19.7%)

61,130 (27.3%)

49,463 (25.2%)

Percentage of Family Households
not run by a Married Couple

23.9% of family households

48.9% of family households

33.4% of family households

Nonfamily households

30.2%

26.0%

22.5%

Persons on Public Assistance
through AFDC, and Home Relief

3,074 (1.3%)

12,706 (5.7%)

4,332 (2.2%)

Population and Housing:

Housing Units - Renter v Owner

units renter occupied

49% units renter occupied

units renter occupied

Land Use:

Multi-Family Residential

10.3% (1-2 Fam. Residential, 34.0%)

7.1% (1-2 Fam. Residential, 60.8%)

7.3% (1-2 Fam. Residential, 62.1%)

Open Space/Recreation

12.8%

6.6%

13%

Commercial/Office

4.0%

3.8%

2.2%

Industry

4.5%

3.7%

2.3%

Institutions

4.9%

7.3%

8.3%

What’s Going on in
the Neighborhood?

* Rezoning is currently underway in Hunters Point and North Corona in Queens.
*The City’s goal is to Strengthen Regional Business Districts especially in the Jamaica, Queens area. An
 airtain center subdistirct that connects to Lower Manhattan is currently in the works.
*Efforts to “clean up and revitalize Long Island City are also in the works. Citigroup, MetLife and the
 City plans to fund this (anticipated) $1 billion effort.

East and Northeast Queens, 2000

Community District 11
North: City Line
East: Grand Central Parkway
West: Utopia Parkway
South: Horace Harding Expy
46-21 Little Neck Parkway
Little Neck, NY 11362
Phone: 718.225.1054
Fax: 718.225.4514
Website: www.littleneck.net/cb11/
District Manager: Ms. Susan
Seinfeld

Community District 12
North: Hillside Ave
East: Springfield/Francis Lewis
West: Van Wyck Expwy
South:  Southern Pkwy
90-28 161st Street,
Jamaica, NY 11432
TEL: 718.658.3308
FAX: 718.739.6997
Website: na
District Manager: Gloria Black

Community District 13
North: Grand Central Pkwy
East: City Line (Nassau County)
West:  Southern/Springfield/
Francis Lewis
South: JFK International Airport
Queens Reform Church,
219-41 Jamaica Avenue,
Queens Village, NY 11428
TEL: 718.464.9700
FAX: 718.264.2739
Website: www.cb13q.org
Dist Mngr: Sally Martine-Fisher

General Characteristics:

Population

116,404

223,602

196,284

Sex

52.4% Female, 47.6% Male

54.2% Female, 45.8% Male

53.8% Female, 46.2% Male

Median Age

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

Racial Characteristics

Nonhispanic of Single Race:

White

60.3%

2.2%

18.4%

Black

2.0%

72.2%

55.1%

Asian

26.5%

4.9%

10.2%

2 or more races

2.0%

4.5%

4.1%

Hispanic

8.9%

13.7%

10.4%

Social Characteristics:

Population Under 18 Years

47,815 (19.7%)

61,130 (27.3%)

49,463 (25.2%)

Percentage of Family Households
not run by a Married Couple

23.9% of family households

48.9% of family households

33.4% of family households

Nonfamily households

30.2%

26.0%

22.5%

Persons on Public Assistance
through AFDC, and Home Relief

3,074 (1.3%)

12,706 (5.7%)

4,332 (2.2%)

Population and Housing:

Housing Units - Renter v Owner

units renter occupied

49% units renter occupied

units renter occupied

Land Use:

Multi-Family Residential

10.3% (1-2 Fam. Residential, 34.0%)

7.1% (1-2 Fam. Residential, 60.8%)

7.3% (1-2 Fam. Residential, 62.1%)

Open Space/Recreation

12.8%

6.6%

13%

Commercial/Office

4.0%

3.8%

2.2%

Industry

4.5%

3.7%

2.3%

Institutions

4.9%

7.3%

8.3%

What’s Going on in the Neighborhood?

* Rezoning is currently underway in Hunters Point and North Corona in Queens.
*The City’s goal is to Strengthen Regional Business Districts especially in the Jamaica, Queens area. An
 airtain center subdistirct that connects to Lower Manhattan is currently in the works.
*Efforts to “clean up and revitalize Long Island City are also in the works. Citigroup, MetLife and the
 City plans to fund this (anticipated) $1 billion effort.

Borough-Wide Statistics, Queens, 2000

General
Characteristics:

Population

2,229,379

Education

25.7% without HS diploma, 24.3% with bachelor’s degree (Population 25 years and over)

In Residence 5 Years

61.8% (Population 5 years and over)

English Not Spoken at Home

53.6% (Population 5 years and over)

Birth Place of Foreign Born

49% Latin America, 32.2% Asia, 16.4 Europe, 2.0% Africa

% of Pop. Foreign Born

46.1%

Economic Characteristics:

Occupation

30.5% Management, professional; 28.8% Sales and office occupations; 19.5% Service Occupations; 13.2% Production, transportation, and material moving; 7.9% Construction, extraction, and maintenance

Persons Below the Poverty Line

11.9% of families, 14.6% of individuals (statistic for earnings 1999)

Median Household Income

$42,439 (statistic for earnings 1999)

Mean travel time to work

42.2 minutes (workers 16 yrs and older)

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