ZIP Code 11368

Flushing was established as a settlement of New Netherland on October 10, 1645, on the eastern bank of Flushing Creek. It was named Vlissingen, after the European base of the Dutch West India company. The English took control of New Amsterdam in 1664, and when Queens County was established in 1683, it was one of the original five towns of Queens. In 1898, Flushing was consolidated into the City of New York. An immigrant population, composed mostly of Chinese and Koreans, settled in Flushing in the late 20th century. Flushing is served by several stations on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch, as well as the New York City Subway's IRT Flushing Line (7 and 7> trains), which has its terminus at Main Street. The neighborhood is located in Queens Community District 7, and its ZIP Codes are 11354, 11355, and 11358. It is patrolled by the New Yorkers City Police Department's 109th Precinct.Flushing is the site of the first commercial nurseries in North America, the most prominent being the Prince, Bloodgood, and Parsons nurseries on the north side of Kissena Park. The town was dissolved in 1898 when Queens became a borough, and the term "Flushing" today usually refers to a much smaller area, such as the former Village of Parsons, a 14-acre tract of preserved exotic specimen specimens on the east side of the Queens River.

History

Flushing is the primary city name, but also Auburndale are acceptable city names or spellings, Queens, Sta A on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. Flushing was originally inhabited by the Matinecoc Indians prior to colonization and European settlement. On October 10, 1645, Flushing was established on the eastern bank of Flushing Creek under charter of the Dutch West India Company. In 1656, New Amsterdam Director-General Peter Stuyvesant issued an edict prohibiting the harboring of Quakers. Flushing is claimed to be a birthplace of religious freedom in the New World. The town was dissolved in 1898 when Queens became a borough of New York City, and the term "Flushing" today usually refers to a much smaller area, for example the former Village of flushing. The site of the first commercial tree nurseries in North America, the most prominent being the Prince, Bloodgood, and Parsons nurseries. A 14-acre (5.7 ha) tract of Parsons's exotic specimens was preserved on the north side of Kissena Park. The official seal was merely the words, "Village of Flushes", surrounded by nondescript flowers or other flowers. No other emblem or flag is known to have been used to represent the Village of Flushings. During the 19th century, as New York. City grew in economic vitality, the area was critical in its transformation into a fashionable residential area. On April 15, 1837, the Village was incorporated within the Town of FlUSHING. The name Flushing has been used since the early 20th century to refer to the area within Queens County.

Demographics

Community Board 7 comprises Flushing, College Point, and Whitestone. In 2018, the median household income in Community Board 7 was $51,284. An estimated 25% of residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in New York City. One in seventeen residents (6%) were unemployed. Flushing is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying. The neighborhood has an average life expectancy of 84.3 years.:2,20 This is longer than the median life expectancy for all New York. City neighborhoods.:53 (PDF p. 84) Most inhabitants are middle-aged and elderly: 22% are between the ages of between 25 and 44, 30% between 45 and 64, and 18% over 65. The ratio of youth and college-aged residents was lower, at 17% and 7%, respectively.:2As of 2018, Flushing and Whitestones are considered to have a high income relative to all of New York and are considered high- income. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, as of Flushing, Whitestone, and College Point are considered a high- Income Relative to the. rest of Queens. and all of NYC. The average age of a resident in Flushing was 44.7 years old, and the average age for a resident of Whitestone was 45.2 years old. The median age for residents of Community Board7 was 49.2.

Cultural enclaves

Flushing Chinatown, or Mandarin Town is the world's largest and one of the fastest-growing Chinatowns. In Mandarin, Flushing is known as "Falasheng" (Chinese: ; pinyin: Flshèng) Flushing now rivals Manhattan's Chinatown as a center of Chinese culture. There is a Koreatown which originated in Flushing, but has since spread eastward to Murray Hill, Bayside, Douglaston, and Little Neck in Queens, and also into Nassau County. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the Korean population of Queens was 64,107. Flushing's Chinatown ranked as New York City's second largest Chinese community with 33,526 Chinese, surpassed only by the Brooklyn Chinatown and larger than Manhattan'satown. The Lunar New Year Parade has become a growing annual celebration of Chinese New Year. The popular styles of Chinese cuisine are ubiquitously accessible in FlUSHing, including Hakka, Taiwanese, Shanghainese, Hunanese, Szechuan, Cantonese, Fujianese, Xinjiang, Zhejiang, and Korean Chinese cuisine. Even the relatively obscure Dongbei style of cuisine indigenous to Northeast China is now available in Flushing, as well as Mongolian cuisine and Uyghur cuisine. In addition, several Chinese supermarkets such as Hong Kong Supermarket and New York Supermarket have locations in Flushes. The World Journal, one of. the largest Chinese-language newspapers outside China, is headquartered in adjacent Whitestone.

Subsections

Linden Hill was originally a rural estate owned by the Mitchell family. Murray Hill is often confused with the larger Murray Hill neighborhood on the East Side of Manhattan. Queensboro Hill is a part of ZIP Codes 11355 and 11367 and contains the NewYorkPresbyterian/Queens hospital. Waldheim is a small district of upscale "in-town" suburban architecture known for its large homes in the woods. Notable residents include the Helmann family of piano-making fame, as well as the Steinway family of Notimentable fame, who lived in the area until the 1960s. North Flushing is a residential area with many large homes. The name refers to the area served by the "Broadway" station of the Long Island Rail Road. Part of this area has been designated a State and Federal historic district due to the elegant, park-like character of the neighborhood. This area is often referred to as South Flushing, an estate subdivision constructed between 1875 and 1925. The Waldheim neighborhood is primarily constructed primarily and constructed in 1925 and 1925, between Sanford and 45th Avenue on the north, Bowne on the west and Parsons Boulevard on the east. The area is immediately southeast of the downtown Flushing commercial core, adjacent to the commercial core and adjacent to Kissena Park, a small suburb of New York City. It is also known as the "Waldheim" neighborhood, which was the home of some of Flushing's wealthiest residents until the 1950s.

Points of interest

Flushing has many registered New York City Landmarks, several of which are also located on the National Register of Historic Places. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, an 897-acre (3.63 km²) park, is the largest park in Queens. The site hosted two World's Fairs, in 1939-1940 and 1964-1965, and the park infrastructure reflects the construction undertaken for the Fairs. The Queens Botanical Garden is located on 39 acres (16 ha) and has been in operation continuously since its opening as an exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. There are more than 200 houses of worship in Flushing, including the Quaker Meeting House, the historic Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens, the Hindu Temple Society of North America, the Muslim Center of New York, and St. George's Episcopal Church. The New York State Zoo and Queens Museum of Art are the largest built in the Park; New York Hall of Science; and the Queens Theatre of the Art and Science are the second largest in the city. The Flushing Town Hall on Northern Boulevard is the headquarters of the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and houses a concert hall and cultural center. There is a stone marker for the two 5,000-year Westinghouse Time Capsules made of special alloys buried in the park, chronicling 20th-century life in the United States, dedicated both in 1938 and 1965.

Police and crime

Flushing, College Point, and Whitestone are patrolled by the 109th Precinct of the NYPD. The precinct ranked 9th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 17 per 100,000 people, the precinct's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. Crimes across all categories have decreased by 83.7% between 1990 and 2018. The Precinct reported 6 murders, 30 rapes, 202 robberies, 219 felony assaults, 324 burglaries, 970 grand larcenies, and 126 grand larsenies auto in 2018. It has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all category having decreased by 80% since 1990. The incarceration rate of 145 per 100, 000 people is lower than the city's as-a-whole incarceration rate.:8. It is located at 37-05 Union Street, Flushing, New York City, NY. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch, or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255. For support in the UK, call the Salvation Army at 08457 909090.

Fire safety

Flushing contains the following New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations:Engine Company 273/Ladder Company 129 40-18 Union Street.Engine Company 274/Battalion 52 41-20 Murray Street. FDNY EMS Station 52 is located at 135-16 38th Avenue. Flushing is located on the East River in Queens, New York. It is located in the Queens borough of Queens. It has a population of approximately 2.2 million. The city is home to one of the largest fire departments in the U.S., with more than 2,000 firefighters. It also has the largest number of fire hydrants in the city, with over 1,000 in use. The town also has a number of parks, including the Flushing Playground, which was built in the 1950s. The Flushing River runs through the town. It was named after Flushing, Queens, where the city's first fire station was established in 1881. The current FDNY fire station is at 41-18 Murray Street, which is on the east side of the river. The Fire Department has a total of six fire stations in Flushing. The fire department has more than 1,200 firefighters in the borough. The FDNY also has an EMS station, which serves Flushing and parts of Queens and Queens. In addition to the fire stations, Flushing has a fire marshal's office and a fire station for the Queens East River, which lies on the West River.

Health

As of 2018, preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Flushing and Whitestone than in other places citywide. In 2018, 71% of residents described their health as "good," "very good," or "excellent," lower than the city's average of 78%. The nearest major hospitals are NewYorkPresbyterian/Queens and Flushing Hospital Medical Center. Numerous tertiary medical clinics also serve the residents of Flushing. The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, is 0.0073 milligrams per cubic metre (7.3×109 oz/cu ft), less than the City of New York average of 0.0173. In Flushing, there are 6 bodegas, compared to the city average of 7. For every 1,000 live births, 63 live births are preterm, and 8 live births to teen mothers are teenage. The population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14, slightly higher than the average of 12%. The city has a higher than average population of residents who are uninsured, with a rate of 14% in 2018. The average age of a Flushing resident is 44 years old, compared with the citywide average of 48 years old. The city's median household income is $50,000, compared as the average citywide rate is $48,000. The percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher is higher than citywide averages.

Post offices and ZIP Codes

Flushing is covered by multiple ZIP Codes. ZIP Codes prefixed with 113 are administered from a sectional center at the Flushing Post Office. The U.S. Post Office operates three post offices nearby: Flushing Station, Linden Hill Station and Station A. The 113-prefixed area extends west to Elmhurst and Jackson Heights; southwest to Ridgewood; south to Forest Hills; southeast to Fresh Meadows; and east to Bayside and Little Neck. It also includes parts of College Point and Whitestone, which are part of ZIP Codes 11356 and 11357. The area is also covered by ZIP codes 11354, 11355, 11358 and 11358-11356. It is also included in ZIP codes 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 11510, 11511, 11512, 11513, 11514, 11515, 11516, 11517, 11518, 11519, 11520, 11521, 11522, 11523, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 11100, 11102, 11104, 11105, 11106, 11107, 11108, 11109, 11110, 11111, 11112, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 11.

Corona was a late 19th-century residential development in the northeastern corner of the old Town of Newtown. It was at the Fashion Race Course in 1858 that the first games of baseball to charge admission took place. Among its original residents were jazz greats Nat Adderley & Jimmy Heath; Kenneth and Corien Drew, publishers of Queens' first African-American newspaper, The Corona East Elmhurst News. Corona was also the childhood home of Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. The majority Hispanic community now consists of Dominicans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Bolivians, Peruvians, Mexicans, Venezuelans, and Chileans. There are also Asian Americans (Chinese, Indians, Koreans, Filipinos, and Japanese) as well as Italian Americans and African Americans. The area was originally known as West Flushing, but various theories have arisen for its etymology. The Italian immigrants who moved into the new housing stock referred to the neighborhood by the Italian or Spanish word for "crown", or corona. In the 1950s, what was predominantly an Italian American and African American neighborhood began to give way to an influx ofDominicans. In late 1990s, Corona saw a new wave of immigrants from Latin America. The intersection of 108th Street and Corona Avenue is the historic center of the Italian American community, sometimes referred to as Corona Heights. The Lemon Ice King of Corona, an ice cream shop, is located at 52nd Avenue and 108th Avenue, and is a National Historic Landmark.

History

Corona is the primary city name, but also Flushing are acceptable city names or spellings, Queens on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The name "Corona" means "crown" in Spanish. It is the name of a street in New York City. The street was named after the town of Corona, New York. It was the site of the first baseball game in 1858. The name was taken from the city's name, which means "coronation" in English. The word "corona" is also used to refer to the city of New York, where the game took place. The city is named for the town where the first game was played. The town is named after a river, which runs through the middle of the city. The river's name is also the name for a street, which was once called "Coronation Street" It is now known as the "Corner of the World" because of its location in the center of the town. The road was named for a river that runs through it, which is also called the "Clerk's Road" The street is known as "Coroner's Street" because it is located at the corner of a road that runs along the river. It has been named for this river for more than 100 years, but the name was first used in the 19th century. It means "Corporation" or "Citizenship" in Latin American. It also means "Ceremony" in the Spanish language, which translates to "council of the world" The town's name comes from the Latin word for "courage", which is "corresponding".

Structures

Dorie Miller Residential Cooperative, built in 1952, comprises six buildings, containing 300 apartments, with 1,300 rooms in total. The Lemon Ice King of Corona, an ices shop, is located at 52nd Avenue, Corona Avenue, and 108th Street. The Louis Armstrong House attracts visitors to the neighborhood and preserves the legacy of musician Louis Armstrong, one of Corona's most prominent historical residents. Corona was also the childhood home of Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. In the latter half of the 20th century, the area that is now Corona Plaza was a lot that connected the street to a row of mainly immigrant-owned businesses. In 2005, the nearby Queens Museum began applying for permits to temporarily close off the streets that allowed vehicle access to the plaza and hosted public events (typically art based) that the residents of the community could attend. In early 2018, the plaza was fully implemented in early 2018 at a cost of around $5.6 million. The plaza is recognized as a project by urban planning circles as a new project that has created a community space for the ethnically diverse population of Corona. The space was first transformed in 2012 as a temporary plaza with chairs and tables that prohibited through traffic. It was later made permanent by the Department of Design and Construction, which filled in the lot with concrete, added built-in seating and a performance space. Later added was a drinking fountain, WalkNYC wayfinding signs, bike racks to serve commuters, an automatic pay toilet, and more furniture.

Demographics

According to the 2010 Census, the total population of Corona was about 110,000. Corona is overwhelmingly Hispanic with all other demographics being definitively below the borough average. The entirety of Community Board 4, which comprises Corona and Elmhurst, had 135,972 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 85.4 years.:2,20. In 2018, an estimated 27% of Corona and. Elmhurst residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in. all of New York City. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, Corona and Elmhurst are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.:7As according to the 2020 census data, Corona had 51,500 Hispanic residents, there were between 10,000 and 19,999 Asian residents, and 5,000 to 9,000 Black residents, meanwhile the White residents were less than 5000. The median household income in Community Board. 4 was $51,992 as of 2017, the median life expectancy was 81.2 years.:53 (PDF p. 84) Most inhabitants are middle-aged adults and youth: 17% are between the ages of 017, 39% between 25 and 44, and 24% between 45 and 64. One in fourteen residents (7%) were unemployed,Compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York. City's rent burden is 62%, higher than the boroughwide and citywide rates of 53% and 51% respectively.

Police and crime

The 110th Precinct ranked 15th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The incarceration rate of 227 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.:8. The precinct reported 4 murders, 29 rapes, 270 robberies, 359 felony assaults, 196 burglaries, 485 grand larcenies, and 138 grand larsenies auto in 2020. Crimes across all categories have decreased by 83.2% between 1990 and 2020. The Precinct is located at 94-41 43rd Avenue and 92-15 Northern Boulevard. It is part of the NYPD's 110th and 115th precincts, which are located in Queens and Brooklyn respectively. The 110th precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s. It has a non-fatal assault rate of 34 per 100, 000 people, with a rate of violent crimes per capita of less than one per cent. It also has a low incarceration rate, at 227 per100,000, which is less than half the city's rate of more than one in a million. It was ranked No. 1 in New York City in 2010 for per capita crime, and No. 2 in 2011 for overall crime in the city. In 2010, Corona had a crime rate of 4 murders and 29 rapes. In 2020, it had a violent crimes rate of 1 per cent, and a violent crime rate rate of 0.7 per cent of the population. It had a per capita rate of 2 murders and 4 rapes, and an overall violent crime rates of 1.2 per cent and 0.8 per cent respectively.

Fire safety

Corona is served by two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations: Engine Co. 324/Satellite 4/Division 14 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway.Engine Co. 289/Ladder Co. 138 97-28 43rd Avenue and 104-01 East Side Highway. Corona is located on the East Side of Manhattan. It is located in the Queens borough of Queens, New York. It has a population of 1.2 million people. The city is home to two FDNY fire stations, one on each side of the East River and one on East Side Avenue. The FDNY operates two fire stations in Corona, including a ladder station. The fire station on Eastside Avenue is on the east side of Manhattan and the other on the west side of East Side Ave. It was built in the 1950s and is located near the intersection of East and West avenues. The station is located at 109-01 East Easterly Harding Eighth  Avenue and 102-1 East Street. It also has a fire station at 108-1 Horace H Harding Empire Hills, which opened in 1961. It is located on East Hollywood and East Wards 1 and 2 in the Bronx, New Jersey. The Fire Station on East City Street 1 is located on the east side of East Side Halls 1, and the West Side Street, which opened in 1974.

Health

As of 2018, preterm births are less common in Corona and Elmhurst than in other places citywide, but births to teenage mothers are more common. In 2018, 68% of residents described their health as "good," "very good," or "excellent," lower than the city's average of 78%. In 2020, the neighborhoods of Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. As of August 10, these communities, with a cumulative 303,494 residents, had recorded 12,954 CO VID-19 cases and 1,178 deaths. The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, is 0.0077 milligrams per cubic metre (7.7×109 oz/cu ft), slightly higher than city average. For every supermarket in Corona, there are 16 bodegas. The Elmhurst Hospital Center is located in Elmhurst. The population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 25% in 2018, which is higher than theCitywide rate of 12%. In 2018 there were 83 pre term births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1, 000 citywide), and 25.8 births to. teenage mothers per1,000. live births, compared to 19.3 per 1k citywide. The percentage of residents who are obese is 20%, 9% are diabetic, and 23% have high blood pressure. In addition, 24% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.

Post office and ZIP Code

Corona is covered by ZIP Code 11368. The U.S. Post Office operates two post offices in Corona: the Corona A Station at 103-28 Roosevelt Avenue and the Elmhurst Station at 59-01 Junction Boulevard. The post office is located on the corner of Roosevelt and Elmhurst Avenues.

Religion

There are many churches representing diverse denominations. Antioch Baptist Church at 103rd Street and Northern Boulevard is a prominent African American congregation dating to 1936 with a membership of 700. Saint Leo Catholic Church, established in 1903 in what was once Sycamore Avenue and Elm Street, is a Roman Catholic church located at 104 Street and 49th Avenue in South Corona. In North Corona there is Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church at 104th Street and 37th Avenue was built in 1899 largely out of red brick with a nearby convent of the same period. On January 4, 2015, the church burned; it was rebuilt in 2017. The Congregation Tifereth Israel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It conducts most of its masses in Spanish and attracts large weekend crowds. The church was built on the site of a former dairy farm. It is located on the corner of 103rd and Northern boulevards in Corona. It was listed in the U.S. Census Book as "Churches in Corona, California" in the 1940s and 1950s. It has since been torn down and replaced with a new church, which was completed in 2012. The new church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is called "Our Lady of the Rosary" It is on the same site as the original church. It dates back to 1903 and was built out of brick and has a current congregation of about 1,000 people. It's located on 104th St. and 47th Ave. in North Corona.

Education

Corona and Elmhurst's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. The Queens Public Library contains three branches in Corona. The Black Heritage Reference Center of Queens County includes books, periodicals, theses and dissertations, VHS videos, cassettes and CDs. The Adele Cohen Music Collection contains most of America's foremost black publications on microfilm. The UMI Thesis and Dissertations Collection consists of more than 1,000 volumes of doctoral and master dissertation concerning the African and African-American diasporas. The following public middle and high schools are located in Corona:IS 61 Leonardo da Vinci (grades 68)IS 61 High School for Arts and Business (grades 912) IS 61 The Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, located at 100-01 Northern Boulevard. The LeFrak City branch is located at 98-30 57th Avenue and serves Corona and the surrounding area. The Corona Public School System serves grades K-5 unless otherwise indicated: PS 14 Fairview, PS 16 Nancy Debenedittis, PS 19 Marino Jeantet, PS 28 Thomas Emanuel Early Childhood Center, PS 92 Harry T Stewart Sr, PS 143 Louis Armstrong, and PS 143 Pioneer Academy. The public high school in Corona is Corona Arts & Sciences Academy, which serves grades 68-912. It is located in the Corona section of Queens and serves grades 912-914. The school district has three high schools: Corona High, Corona Middle, and Corona High School.