Queens Community District 6

See QN 6's profile online

Neighborhoods1: Forest Hills, Forest Hills Gardens, Rego Park PO P U L ATI O N & D E N S I T Y 2000-2010

115,967

113,257

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Que en

114,489

3.0 37,752/sq mi

To learn more, please read Queens CD 6's Statements of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2018.

Parks

% Lot Land Use Category # Lots Area 1 & 2 Family Bldgs 8,460 49% Multifamily Walk-up 523 5% Multifamily Elevator 310 19% Mixed Use 332 6% Commercial 284 7% Industrial 3 0% Transportation/Utility 41 3% Public/Institutional 96 6% Open Space 13 2% Parking 116 1% Vacant 155 1% Other 6 <1%

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M E A N C O M M U T E T O W O R K 4, 8

Queens CD 6

42 minutes

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Queens CD 6

54%

of residents 25 years or older have earned a bachelor's degree or higher

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Click here for a more detailed land use map of Queens CD 6

A Snapshot of Key Community Indicators

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Top 3 pressing issues identified by Queens Community Board 6 in 2017:

Public Schools

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COMMUNITY BOARD PERSPECTIVES

Website: www.queenscb6.org Email: [email protected]

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2011-2015 Estimate4

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Queens 30% NYC 36%

R E N T B U R D E N 4, 6

Queens CD 6

45%

of households spend 35% or more of their income on rent

Queens 48% NYC 45%

LI M I T E D EN GL I S H P RO FI CI EN C Y 4

Queens CD 6

26%

of residents 5 years or older have limited English proficiency

Queens 29% NYC 23%

U N E M P L OY M E N T 4 , 1 0

Queens CD 6

6.4%

of the civilian labor force was unemployed on average from 2011 to 2015

Queens 8.6% NYC 9.5%

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Queens CD 6

75%

of residents live within walking distance of a park or open space

C R I M E R AT E 9

Queens CD 6

5.4

major felonies were reported per 1,000 residents in 2016

Citywide Target 85%

Queens 9.1 NYC 11.8

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Queens CD 6

15%

of residents have incomes below the NYCgov poverty threshold. See the federal poverty rate here.

Queens 18% NYC 21%

Neighborhoods may be in multiple districts. Names and boundaries are not officially designated. 22000 US Census; 32010 US Census; 4American Community Survey 2011-2015 5-Year Estimates, calculated for Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). PUMAs are geographic approximations of community districts. 5NYC Dept of City Planning Facilites Database (2017); 6 Differences of less than 3 percentage points are not statistically meaningful. 7NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation (DPR) (2016). DPR considers walking distance to be 1/4 mile for parks less than 6 acres, and 1/2 mile for larger parks and pools. 8 Differences of less than 2 minutes are not statistically meaningful. 9NYPD CompStat, Historic Complaint Data (2017); 10 Differences of less than 2 percentage points are not statistically meaningful. 11 20112015 NYCgov Poverty Measure by PUMA. This metric from the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity accounts for NYC's high cost of housing, as well as other costs of living and anti-poverty benefits. 1