Queens Community District 7
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Neighborhoods1: Auburndale, Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, Clearview, College Point, Downtown Flushing, East Flushing, Flushing, Malba, Murray Hill, Queensboro Hill, Waldheim, Whitestone PO P U L ATI O N & D E N S I T Y 20103
2000-2010
242,952
247,354
+2%
Square Miles Population Density
11.8 20,962/sq mi
COMMUNITY BOARD PERSPECTIVES
Top 3 pressing issues identified by Queens Community Board 7 in 2017:
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M E A N C O M M U T E T O W O R K 4, 8
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NYC 40
minutes
E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T 4 , 1 0
of residents 25 years or older have earned a bachelor's degree or higher
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Public Schools
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A Snapshot of Key Community Indicators
CO M M U N I T Y A S S E T S 5
Parks
LaGuardia Airport
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To learn more, please read Queens CD 7's Statements of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2018.
% Lot Land Use Category # Lots Area 1 & 2 Family Bldgs 27,009 35% Multifamily Walk-up 2,964 6% Multifamily Elevator 283 5% Mixed Use 1,229 2% Commercial 904 4% Industrial 432 4% Transportation/Utility 83 1% Public/Institutional 322 6% Open Space 129 11% Parking 459 2% Vacant 848 23% Other 92 1%
Cr o s s I s P k w y
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1. Street conditions 2. Traffic 3. Other (see Statement of Needs)
Public Libraries
Long Island Sound
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Website: www.nyc.gov/queenscb7 Email:
[email protected]
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W hi t estone Expy
20002
2011-2015 Estimate4
LA N D U S E M A P
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Queens 30% NYC 36%
R E N T B U R D E N 4, 6
Queens CD 7
54%
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 7
49%
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 7
7.3%
of the civilian labor force was unemployed on average from 2011 to 2015
Queens 8.6% NYC 9.5%
A C C E S S TO PA R KS 7
Queens CD 7
79%
of residents live within walking distance of a park or open space
C R I M E R AT E 9
Queens CD 7
7.7
major felonies were reported per 1,000 residents in 2016
Citywide Target 85%
Queens 9.1 NYC 11.8
N YC g o v P O V E R T Y M E A S U R E 1 1
Queens CD 7
24%
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
