QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 1

The 'Queens Community Board 1' is a local advisory group 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.

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Demographics

Geography

Contact information

External link

Demographics

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 211,220 up from 188,549 in the 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 Avenue

Astoria, 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

★ Profile of the Community Board