Queens Community Board 1

The Queens Community Board 1 is a local advisory group in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay, and Woodside, in the Borough of Queens.^[3] It also includes Rikers Island, the citywide correctional complex, which is within the Borough of the Bronx but connected by its only bridge to Astoria.^[4] The Board's district is delimited by the East River on both west and north, by the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway on the east, and by Northern Boulevard, the Long Island Rail Road and Bridge Plaza North on the south.

Queens Community District 1 Queens Community Board 1
Community District
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Queens
Neighborhoods	list Astoria Ditmars Long Island City Queensbridge Ravenswood Rikers Island Steinway Woodside
Government
• Type	Community board
• Body	Queens Community Board 1
• Chairperson	Evie Hantzopoulos
• District Manager	Florence Koulouris
Area
• Total	6.2 sq mi (16 km2)
Population  (2016)
• Total	172,468
• Density	28,000/sq mi (11,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• African American	6.3%
• Asian	15.9%
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	27.2%
• White	47.8%
• Others	2.9%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	11101, 11102, 11103, 11105, 11106, and 11370
Area codes	718, 347, and 929, and 917
Police Precincts	114th (website)
Website	www1.nyc.gov/site/queenscb1/index.page
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As of September 21, 2015, the current chairperson is to be determined by vote, and the District Manager is Florence Koulouris.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	185,198	—
1990	188,549	+1.8%
2000	211,220	+12.0%
2010	191,105	−9.5%
2012-2016 Est.	172,468	−9.8%
Source: NYC Planning (1980-2004, 2016)

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board had a population of 211,220, up from 188,549 in 1990 and 185,198 in 1980.

Of them (as of 2000), 88,606 (41.9%) were White non-Hispanic, 21,581 (10.2%) were African American, 27,399 (13.0%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 475 (0.2%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 3,099 (1.5%) were of some other race, 12,368 (5.9%) were of two or more races, and 57,692 (27.3%) were Hispanic.

As of 2004, 23.4% of the population benefited from public assistance, which was up from 13.2% in 2000.

Geography

The land area is 3,702.0 acres (14.981 km²), or 5.8 square miles (15 km²).