Queens Community District 7 Queens Community Board 7 | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City | New York City |
| Borough | Queens |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Community board |
| • Body | Queens Community Board 7 |
| • Chairperson | Chuck Apelian |
| • District Manager | Marilyn McAndrews |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.8 sq mi (31 km2) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 250,162 |
| • Density | 21,200/sq mi (8,190/km2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • African-American | 2.1% |
| • Asian | 52.1% |
| • Hispanic and Latino Americans | 17.6% |
| • White | 25.6% |
| • Others | 2.5% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 11354, 11355, 11356, 11357, 11358, 11360, and 11367 |
| Area codes | 718, 347, and 929, and917 |
| Police Precincts | 109th (website) |
| Website | www1 |
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TheQueens Community Board 7 is a local governmental advisory board inNew York City, encompassing theneighborhoods ofFlushing,Bay Terrace,College Point,Whitestone,Malba,Murray Hill,Linden Hill,Beechhurst,Queensboro Hill andWillets Point, in theborough ofQueens.[3] It is delimited by theFlushing Bay to the west, theEast River to the north,Utopia Parkway (south of 24th Avenue) andLittle Neck Bay (north of 24th Avenue) on the east, and Reeves Avenue on the south. CB7 is the biggest community board in Queens.
Half of the board's members are appointed by the QueensBorough President, and half are nominated by theNew York City Council members who represent the district.
As of the2000 United States census, the community board has a population of 325,500. 84,654 (28.1%) were White non-Hispanic, 20,485 (8.2%) were African-American, 92,399 (58.3%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 1,856 (2.4%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 2,256 (1.0%) were of some other race, 14,458 (6.9%) were of two or more race, and 42,865 (32.4%) were Hispanic.
According to the 2010 Census, Queens Community Board 7 had a population of 247,354. This included White non-Hispanic (73,668 or 29.8%), Black/African American (5,512 or 2.2%), Asian or Pacific Islander (122,094 or 49.4%), American Indian and Alaska Native (215 or 0.1%), and (41,164 or 16.6%) Hispanic.[4]
