Queens Community District 8 Queens Community Board 8 | |
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Country | United States |
State | New York |
City | New York City |
Borough | Queens |
Neighborhoods | |
Government | |
• Type | Community board |
• Body | Queens Community Board 8 |
• Chairperson | Martha Taylor |
• District Manager | Marie Adam-Ovide |
Area | |
• Total | 7.4 sq mi (19 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 151,107 |
• Density | 20,000/sq mi (7,900/km2) |
Ethnicity | |
• African-American | 11.5% |
• Asian | 34.3% |
• Hispanic and Latino Americans | 19.2% |
• White | 30.6% |
• Others | 4.4% |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 11366, 11367, 11423, 11432, 11435, and 11427 |
Area codes | 718, 347, and 929, and 917 |
Police Precincts | 107th ( website ) |
Website | www1 |
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