Kew Gardens, Queens

Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens
Neighborhood of Queens
	Businesses on Lefferts Boulevard
	Location within New York City
	Coordinates: 40°42′18″N 73°49′30″W / 40.705°N 73.825°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
County/Borough	Queens
Community District	Queens 9
Named for	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Population (2020)
• Total	24,371
Race/Ethnicity
• White	40.0%
• Hispanic	27.2%
• Asian	18.3%
• Black	7.8%
• Other/Multiracial	6.7%
Economics
• Median income	$61,287
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	11415
Area codes	718, 347, 929, and 917
Website	www.kewgardens.nyc

Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in the central area of the New York City borough of Queens. Kew Gardens is bounded to the north by the Union Turnpike and the Jackie Robinson Parkway (formerly the Interboro Parkway), to the east by the Van Wyck Expressway and 131st Street, to the south by Hillside Avenue, and to the west by Park Lane, Abingdon Road, and 118th Street. Forest Park is to the west and the neighborhood of Forest Hills to the north-west, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park north, Richmond Hill south, Briarwood southeast, and Kew Gardens Hills east.

Kew Gardens is located in Queens Community District 9 and its ZIP Code is 11415.^[1] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 102nd Precinct.^[5] Politically, Kew Gardens is represented by the New York City Council's 29th District.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ "Next to the L.I.R.R. Tracks; Five 2-Family Houses For Kew Gardens", The New York Times, April 24, 1994. Accessed August 27, 2018. "In 1909, when train service began on the Long Island Rail Road, the northerly section of the Man property was renamed Kew Gardens, also after a section of London."
^ ^a ^b [1] "New York City 2020 Census Results"
^ "Kew Gardens neighborhood in Kew Gardens, New York (NY), 11418, 11415, 11435 subdivision profile - real estate, apartments, condos, homes, community, population, jobs, income, streets".
^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 102nd Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Current City Council Districts for Queens County, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.