Queens Community Board 1
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The Queens Community Board 1 is a local government in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay, and Woodside, in the borough of Queens. It is delimited by the East River on both west and north, by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the east, as well as by Northern Boulevard, the Long Island Rail Road and Bridge Plaza North on the south.
Its current chairman is Vincio Donato, and its district manager George Delis.
Demographics
As of the United States 2000 Census, the Community Board has a population of 211,220 up from 188,549 in 1990 and 185,198 in 1980.Of them (as of 2000), 88,606 (41.9%) are White non Hispanic, 21,581 (10.2%) are African-American, 27,399 (13.0%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 475 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alskan, 3,099 (1.5%) of some other race, 12,368 (5.9%) of two or more race, 57,692 (27.3%) of Hispanic origins.
23.4% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 13.2% in 2000.
Geography
The land area is 3,702.0 acres, or 5.8 square miles.Contact information
36-01 35th AvenueAstoria, NY. 11106
Phone: (718) 786-3335
Fax: (718) 786-3368
E-mail: [mailto:qn01@cb.nyc.gov]
Monthly Meeting
Third Tuesday of the month
Open to the public
Astoria Manor
25-22 Astoria Blvd.
Astoria, NY 11102
Phone:(718) 278-7766
Fax:(718) 278-3428
External link
| Neighborhoods in the New York City Borough of Queens
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