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Queens

Queens

QueensQueens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City, the largest in area and the second-largest in population. Since 1899, Queens has had the same boundaries as Queens County, which is now the second most populous county in New York State and the fourth-most densely populated county in the United States. Queens, as well as neighboring borough Brooklyn, sits on the west end of geographic Long Island. Queens is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world with a population of over 2.2 million, 48% of whom are foreign-born,[1] representing over 100 different nations and speaking over 138 different languages.[2][3]

QueensIf each New York City borough were an independent city, Queens would be America's fourth most populous city, after Los Angeles, Chicago, and Brooklyn.[4] Queens has the second-largest and most diversified economy of all the five boroughs of New York City.[5] Long Island City, on the Queens waterfront across from Manhattan on the East River, is the site of the Citicorp Building, the tallest skyscraper in New York City outside Manhattan and the tallest building on geographic Long Island.

QueensThe differing character in the neighborhoods of Queens is reflected by its diverse housing stock ranging from high-density apartment buildings, especially prominent in the more urban areas of central and western Queens, such as Astoria, Long Island City and Ridgewood, to large free-standing single-family homes, common in the eastern part of the borough, in neighborhoods that have a more suburban layout like neighboring Nassau County, such as Little Neck, Douglaston and Bayside.[6][7]

QueensQueens is home to two of the three major New York City area airports (and both major airports in New York City proper), JFK International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. These airports are among the busiest in the world, causing the airspace above Queens to be the most congested in the country. Attractions in Queens include Flushing Meadows Park—home to the New York Mets baseball team and the US Open tennis tournament—Kaufman Astoria Studios, Silvercup Studios, and Aqueduct Racetrack.

Queens

Queens was established in 1683 as one

of the original 12 counties of New York

and was named for the Queen consort,

Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), the

Portuguese princess who married King

Charles II of England in 1662.

A typical residential street in Jackson Heights.

Long Island City is a neighborhood in western Queens

Forest Hills Gardens

Row houses are prominent in many Queens neighborhoods, including Ridgewood

Queens County Courthouse

TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport

The Elmhurst Chinatown at the corner of Broadway and Dongan Avenue.

Street scene in Astoria, a largely Greek-American neighborhood.

5 Pointz graffiti exhibit in Long Island City

Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets.

46th Street – Bliss Street (IRT Flushing Line) subway station

Queens-Midtown Tunnel

Queensboro Bridge

Triborough Bridge

Throgs Neck Bridge

Air Train JFK path above the Van Wyck Expressway

A Queens-bound 7 train pulling into Queensboro Plaza

Standard cross-street signs in Queens.

Newtown Creek with the Midtown Manhattan skyline in the background.

Queens College is part of the City University of New York.

Queens Library in Flushing Chinatown

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