Queens Community Board 2

Queens Community District 2 Queens Community Board 2
Community District
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Queens
Neighborhoods	list Hunters Point Long Island City Sunnyside Woodside
Government
• Type	Community board
• Body	Queens Community Board 2
• Chairperson	Anatole Ashraf
• District Manager	Debra Markell Kleinert
Area
• Total	5.0 sq mi (13 km2)
Population  (2016)
• Total	139,088
• Density	28,000/sq mi (11,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• African-American	1.3%
• Asian	35.2%
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	33.2%
• White	28.1%
• Others	2.3%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	11101, 11104, 11377 and 11378
Area codes	718, 347, and 929, and 917
Police Precincts	108th ( website )
Website	www.nyc.gov/site/queenscb2/index.page
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The Queens Community Board 2 is a local advisory group in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Hunters Point, Long Island City, Maspeth, Sunnyside, and Woodside, in the borough of Queens. It is delimited by the East River on the west; Bridge Plaza North, the Long Island Rail Road and Northern Boulevard on the north; New York Connecting Railroad on the east; and Newtown Creek on the south. ^[3]

Demographics

As of the 2000 United States census, the Community Board had a population of 109,920, up from 94,845 in 1990 and 88,930 in 1980.

Of these (as of 2000), 33,877 (30.8%) were non-Hispanic White, 2,158 (2.0%) were African-American, 29,380 (26.7%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 184 (0.2%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 550 (0.5%) were of some other race, 3,732 (3.4%) were non-Hispanic of two or more races, and 40,039 (36.4%) were of Hispanic origins.

Geography

The land area is 5.0 square miles (13 km²).

Ancient Glacier Rock

The erratic and one of its seating areas in 2024

Ancient Glacier Rock ( 40°45′1.5″N73°56′53.3″W / 40.750417°N 73.948139°W / 40.750417; -73.948139 ) is a glacial erratic ^{[4] [5] [6]} in the Long Island City section of Queens, New York City. Until the late 2010s, the street area next to it was largely ignored by city planners, unusable by car traffic, often surrounded by litter and used for parking ^[7] for employees of a nearby business.

In April 2019, the New York City Department of Transportation made a proposal to the Queens Community Board 2 to convert it into a "Street Seat area" ^[8] under the Street Seats program, which creates public areas for use in the warmer months. ^[9] The plan was approved and the area was opened later that year. ^{[10] [11]}

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  The erratic in 2011
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  In 2011 the erratic was used for parking
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  A closer shot of the erratic in Jan 2024
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  A close up of the erratic in 2024

References

1. "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
2. "Queens Community District 2 profile.pdf" (PDF). docs.google.com. NYC Department of Planning. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
3. About Queens CB2, New York City. Accessed November 6, 2025.
4. mitchwaxman (May 19, 2014). "Rock On, LIC, Rock On". Brownstoner. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
5. Dunn, Russell (November 1, 2023). Downstate New York Rock Walks: An Explorer's Guide to Amazing Boulders and Rock Formations. Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press. ISBN   978-1438494708 . Retrieved December 26, 2023.
6. Emery, Andy (October 26, 2023). "Glacial erratics". AntarcticGlaciers.org. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
7. Florawedan, Sheik (July 2, 2019). "No cars allowed on this soon-to-be-redesigned LIC street". Queens Daily Eagle. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
8. 12th Street Streetseat: Queens Community Board 2 (PDF) (Report). New York City Department of Transportation. April 1, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
9. "NYC DOT - Pedestrians - Street Seats". www.nyc.gov. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
10. Spivack, Caroline (September 6, 2019). "Long Island City pedestrian plaza highlights ancient rock formation". Curbed NY. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
11. Antos, Jason D. (June 11, 2021). "Rock Of Ages In Long Island City". Give Me Astoria. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

External links

• Profile of the Community Board