The Queens Community Board 7 is a local governmental advisory board in
New York City
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, encompassing the
neighborhoods
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of
Flushing
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Places
* Flushing, Cornwall, a village in the United Kingdom
* Flushing, Queens, New York City
** Flushing Bay, a bay off the north shore of Queens
** Flushing Chinatown (法拉盛華埠), a community in Queens
** Flushing ...
,
Bay Terrace,
College Point,
Whitestone,
Malba
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Created by Argentine businessman Eduardo Costantini ...
,
Murray Hill,
Linden Hill,
Beechhurst,
Queensboro Hill and
Willets Point, in the
borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
of
Queens
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. It is delimited by the
Flushing Bay
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to the west, the
East River
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to the north,
Utopia Parkway
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(south of 24th Avenue) and
Little Neck Bay
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(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 Queens
Borough President, and half are nominated by the
New York City Council
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members who represent the district.
Demographics
As of the
United States Census, 2000
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, 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.
Queens Community Board 7
References
External links
Profile of the Community Board
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Community boards of Queens