Sunnyside, Queens

Sunnyside
The gantry over 46th Street at Queens Boulevard is located in the heart of Sunnyside
The gantry over 46th Street at Queens Boulevard is located in the heart of Sunnyside
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Location within New York City
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
County/BoroughQueens
Community DistrictQueens 2[1]
Named forSunnyside Hill Farms
Population
 • Total63,271
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
11101, 11104, 11377
Area codes718, 347, 929, and 917
Websitewww.sunnyside.nyc

Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It shares borders with Hunters Point and Long Island City to the west, Astoria to the north, Woodside to the east and Maspeth to the south. It contains the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District, one of the first planned communities in the United States.[2]

The name "Sunnyside" originates with the Bragaw family, French Huguenots who had purchased the land in 1713 and named their estate "Sunnyside Hill".[3][4] Sunnyside was a rural hamlet mostly consisting of small farms and marshland. It was incorporated into Long Island City in 1870, and developed into a bedroom community after the Queensboro Bridge was completed in 1909. A large portion of the neighborhood is six-story apartment buildings constructed during the 1920s and 1930s.

Sunnyside is located in Queens Community District 2 and its ZIP Codes are 11101, 11104, and 11377.[1] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 108th Precinct.[5] Politically, Sunnyside is represented by the New York City Council's 26th District.[6]

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Haller, Vera (March 18, 2015). "Sunnyside, Queens, 'Mayberry' Near Midtown". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  3. ^ ""Sunnyside" on Forgotten NY Neighborhoods". Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Wilkinson, Christina (September 12, 2005). "Sunnyside, Queens". Forgotten New York.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 108th Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Current City Council Districts for Queens County Archived December 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.

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