The Queens Community Board 2 is a local advisory group in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Hunters Point, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside, in the borough of Queens. It is delimited by the East River on the west; Bridge Plaza North, the Long Island Rail Road and Northern Boulevard on the north; New York Connecting Railroad on the east; and Newtown Creek on the south.
Queens Community District 2
Queens Community Board 2 | |
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City | New York City |
| Borough | Queens |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Community board |
| • Body | Queens Community Board 2 |
| • Chairperson | Lisa Deller |
| • District Manager | Debra Markell Kleinert |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.0 sq mi (13 km2) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 139,088 |
| • Density | 28,000/sq mi (11,000/km2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • African-American | 1.3% |
| • Asian | 35.2% |
| • Hispanic and Latino Americans | 33.2% |
| • White | 28.1% |
| • Others | 2.3% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 11101, 11104, 11377 and 11378 |
| Area codes | 718, 347, and 929, and 917 |
| Police Precincts | 108th (website) |
| Website | www1 |
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Demographics
editAs of the 2000 United States census, the Community Board had a population of 109,920, up from 94,845 in 1990 and 88,930 in 1980.
Of these (as of 2000), 33,877 (30.8%) were non-Hispanic White, 2,158 (2.0%) were African-American, 29,380 (26.7%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 184 (0.2%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 550 (0.5%) were of some other race, 3,732 (3.4%) were non-Hispanic of two or more races, and 40,039 (36.4%) were of Hispanic origins.
Geography
editThe land area is 5.0 square miles (13 km2).
Ancient Glacier Rock
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Ancient Glacier Rock (40°45′1.5″N 73°56′53.3″W / 40.750417°N 73.948139°W) is a glacial erratic[3][4][5] in the Long Island City section of Queens, New York City. Until the late 2010s, the street area next to it was largely ignored by city planners, unusable by car traffic, often surrounded by litter and used for parking[6] for employees of a nearby business.
In April 2019, the New York City Department of Transportation made a proposal to the Queens Community Board 2 to convert it into a "Street Seat area"[7] under the Street Seats program, which creates public areas for use in the warmer months.[8] The plan was approved and the area was opened later that year.[9][10]
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The erratic in 2011
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In 2011 the erratic was used for parking
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A closer shot of the erratic in Jan 2024
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A close up of the erratic in 2024
References
edit- ^ "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ "Queens Community District 2 profile.pdf" (PDF). docs.google.com. NYC Department of Planning. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ mitchwaxman (2014-05-19). "Rock On, LIC, Rock On". Brownstoner. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Dunn, Russell (November 1, 2023). Downstate New York Rock Walks: An Explorer's Guide to Amazing Boulders and Rock Formations. Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1438494708. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Emery, Andy (2023-10-26). "Glacial erratics". AntarcticGlaciers.org. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ Florawedan, Sheik (2019-07-02). "No cars allowed on this soon-to-be-redesigned LIC street". Queens Daily Eagle. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ 12th Street Streetseat: Queens Community Board 2 (PDF) (Report). New York City Department of Transportation. April 1, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ "NYC DOT - Pedestrians - Street Seats". www.nyc.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Spivack, Caroline (2019-09-06). "Long Island City pedestrian plaza highlights ancient rock formation". Curbed NY. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Antos, Jason D. (2021-06-11). "Rock Of Ages In Long Island City". Give Me Astoria. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
