Queens Village, Queens

Queens Village
Queens Village
Neighborhood of Queens
	St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
	Location within New York City
	Coordinates: 40°42′54″N 73°44′24″W / 40.715°N 73.74°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
County/Borough	Queens
Community District	Queens 13
Population (2010)
• Total	52,504
Ethnicity
• Black	50.2%
• Hispanic	18.4%
• Asian	16.0%
• White	6.3%
• Other/Multiracial	9.1%
Economics
• Median income	$74,376
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	11427, 11428, 11429
Area codes	718, 347, 929, and 917

Queens Village is a mostly residential middle class neighborhood in the eastern part of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bound by Hollis to the west, Cambria Heights to the south, Bellerose, Queens and Elmont, Nassau County to the east, and Oakland Gardens to the north.

Shopping in the community is located along Braddock Avenue, Hillside Avenue, Hempstead Avenue, Jamaica Avenue (NY 25), Francis Lewis Boulevard, and Springfield Boulevard. Located just east of Queens Village, in Elmont, Nassau County, is the Belmont Park race track.

Close to the neighborhood are Cunningham Park and Alley Pond Park, as well as the historic Long Island Motor Parkway (LIMP), home of the turn of the century racing competition, the Vanderbilt Cup. The LIMP was built by William Kissam Vanderbilt, a descendant of the family that presided over the New York Central Railroad and Western Union; it is now part of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway.

Queens Village is located in Queens Community District 13 and its ZIP Codes are 11427, 11428, and 11429.^[1] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 105th Precinct.^[5] Politically, Queens Village is represented by the New York City Council's 23rd District.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
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^ Current City Council Districts for Queens County, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.