Queens

Queens Queens County, New York
Borough of New York City and county
Flag Seal
Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°45′N 73°52′W / 40.750°N 73.867°W / 40.750; -73.867
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
County	Queens County
Settled	1683
Named for	Catherine of Braganza
Government
• Borough President	Donovan Richards (D)
• District Attorney (Queens County)	Melinda Katz (D)
Area [1]
• Total	181.5 sq mi (470.0 km2)
• Land	108.7 sq mi (281.6 km2)
• Water	72.8 sq mi (188.4 km2)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,405,464
• Density	22,120/sq mi (8,542/km2)
Demonym	Queensite[3]
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EST)
ZIP Code format	110xx, 111xx, 113xx, 114xx, 116xx
Area code(s)	718, 347, 929, 917
Website	Official Website of the Queens Borough President

Queens is a borough of New York City and a county of New York State. It was named for Catherine of Braganza, the Queen of England and wife of King Charles II of England.

Queens is in western Long Island. The East River separates it from Manhattan in the east and The Bronx in the north. Queens' only land boundary with another New York City borough is with Brooklyn in the south and west. Jamaica Bay separates most of Queens from its Rockaway Peninsula in the south. Nassau County lies to the east. Until 1899, Nassau County was part of Queens County.

About 2.4 million people live in Queens and it is the largest borough of New York City in size and second in population (after Brooklyn). According to the United States census, Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the USA. That means that it has the most people from different kinds of places, religions, and ethnic groups of any place in the USA. Large parts of Queens are urban and an equal part is suburban.

1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
2. ↑ ""P1: TOTAL POPULATION"". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
3. ↑ "What we learned: 2019 — New Yorkers are everywhere, like it or not". New York Daily News. December 31, 2019.
4. ↑ "Borough of Manhattan, New York - Map and Latitude Longitude GPS Coordinates". Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.