ZIP Code 11375

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.

Forest Hills is a mostly residential neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is adjacent to Corona to the north, Rego Park and Glendale to the west, Forest Park to the south, Kew Gardens to the southeast, and Flushing MeadowsCoronaPark to the east. The area's main commercial street, Austin Street, contains many restaurants and chain stores. Forest Hills has a longstanding association with tennis: the Forest Hills Stadium hosted the U.S. Open until 1978 and the West Side Tennis Club offers grass courts for its members. The current name comes from the Cord Meyer Development Company, which bought 660 acres (270 ha) in central Queens in 1906 and renamed it after Forest Park. Further development came in the 1920s and 1930s with the widening of Queens Boulevard through the neighborhood, as well as the opening of the Queens Boulevard Line. The neighborhood was planned on the model of the garden communities of England, with its own inn, garage, and post office. It also included narrow, winding roads to limit through traffic. As a result, there are many Tudor-style homes in Forest Hills, but most are located in the section loosely bounded by 68th Avenue on the north; 72nd Road on the south; 108th Street on the west; and Grand Central Parkway on theEast. The Long Island Rail Road opened a station on Forest Hills in 1911. The LIRR station was built with a brick courtyard, a clock tower, and arch-filled underpasses, fitting in with Forest Hills Gardens section of the neighborhood.

History

Forest Hills is the primary city name, but also Flushing are acceptable city names or spellings, Forest Hls, Parkside, Queens on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The development of adjacent Forest Park, a park on the southern end of Forest Hills, began in 1895. In 1906, the Cord Meyer Development Company bought abutting land made up of six farms. The company then renamed the aggregate 600 acres (240 ha) "Forest Hills", after Forest Park. Single-family homes, designed by architects such as Robert Tappan and William Patterson, were constructed on these 600 acres. The Long Island Rail Road opened a station in Forest Hills in 1911, and the Queens Boulevard trolley line opened two years later. In 1914, the West Side Tennis Club moved from Manhattan to Forest Hills Gardens. They constructed the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, a stadium with approximately 13,000 seats, in 1923. The U.S. Open and its predecessor national championships were held there until 1978. Forest Hills also had a golfing presence for a short time. The Queens Valley Golf Club started constructing a golf course in the neighborhood in 1922 and it was open by 1924. However, the club was closed in 1938 so that developers could build housing atop the site of the course. In 1972, residents protested against a proposed public housing development with three-story buildings at 62nd Drive and 108th Street. It was part of John Lindsay's "scatter-site" plan to construct public housing in public neighborhoods. In the mid-1990s, Forest Hills was fully developed by John Lindsay, but there would still be empty lots in the area until the mid 1990s.

Demographics

The population of Forest Hills and Rego Park was 86,364 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. The neighborhood had a population density of 63.0 inhabitants per acre (40,300/sq mi; 15,600/km²) Most inhabitants are middle-aged and elderly adults: 31% are between the ages of 2544, 28% between 4564, and 19% over 64. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Board 4 was $75,447. In 2018, an estimated 26% of Forest Hill residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in New York City. One in seventeen residents (6%) was unemployed, compared with 8% in Queens and 9% in the rest of the city. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, Forest Hills is considered to be high-income relative to the city and not gentrifying.:7 The entirety of Community Board 6 had 115,119 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 85.4 years.:2,20 This is higher than the median life expectancy. of 81.2 for all New York city neighborhoods.:53 (PDF p. 84) The median income for Forest Hills residents is $75.447, while the citywide average is $50,000. The median home value is $60,000, and the average household income is $55,000.:7. The average age of a Forest Hills resident is 2544.

Land use

The southern part of Forest Hills contains a particularly diverse mixture of upscale housing, ranging from single-family houses, attached townhouses, and both low-rise and high-rise apartment buildings. The Forest Hills Gardens area is a private community that features some of the most expensive residential properties in Queens County. Until the 1970s, it was subject to restrictive covenants which, while containing no explicit economic, social or racial restrictions, effectively excluded "working-class people" Forest Hills South is a complex of 7 Georgian apartment buildings centered around a private English garden, which was formerly a mapped portion of 113th Street prior to the complex's construction in 1939. The Cord Meyer community, which contains detached single- family homes, was named "Best Community" in 2007 by Cottage Living magazine. Forest Hills Co-op Houses, a New York City Housing Authority low-income housing project, was constructed in the early 1970s and provoked controversy among the residents in the more prestigious areas. Other notable high-rises apartment buildings include the Continental (on 108th Street), the Pinnacle, Parker Towers, the Windsor and a 17-story luxury condo building completed in 2014, the Aston. The area is home to a Bukharian Jewish community, whose members have settled in the area in large numbers since the late 1990s, advocating the changes say the bigger homes are needed for their large extended families. This enclave was designed by Philip Birnbaum and Alfred Kaskel, and is distinguished by their spacious lobbies, interior courtyards with fountains, curved brick corner terraces, and sunlit exposures.

Points of interest

The U.S. Open tennis tournament was once held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills. A pivotal scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train features a lengthy championship game at the Club. The Tennis Stadium, which hosted numerous music concerts including The Beatles, resumed hosting music concerts during the summer of 2013 when the British rock band Mumford & Sons played there to an overflowing crowd. Two monuments are erected in the Forest Hills Gardens: a tribute to the victims of World War I, the "Great War"; and the mast of the Columbia, the winner of the America's Cup yacht races in both 1899 and 1901. The Church-in-the-Gardens, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Austin Street is a busy, modern street with shops, cafes, restaurants, and other stores that acts as the center of Forest Hills and has become a place people visit from other neighborhoods because of its charm. It is located about 4 miles (6.4 km) away from Flushing Meadows Park, the site of the U.N. World Cup and other major sporting events, such as the Olympics and the World Series of Poker. It was once the home of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, where the Open was played until it moved to the Tennis Stadium in 1998. The tennis tournament is now played at the US Tennis Center in New York City's Queens.

Police and crime

Forest Hills and Rego Park are patrolled by the 112th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 68-40 Austin Street. The area's low crime rate is attributed to its seclusion and reputation as a "suburb within the city" The precinct reported 0 murders, 18 rapes, 41 robberies, 53 felony assaults, 69 burglaries, 403 grand larcenies, and 37 grand larsenies auto in 2018. The incarceration rate of 102 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.:8. The precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 91.5% between 1990 and 2018. It ranked 6th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 14 per 100, 000 people, Forest Hills andRego Park's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that. of the City as a Whole.:8.:8:8:7:6:3:2:2. The Precinct has a crime rate of 0 murders and 18 rapes. It has a rate of 41 robberies and 53 felony. assaults. It reported 0 robberies and 41 felony assaults in 2018, as well as 0 burglaries and 69 burglings. It also reported 0 rapes and 41 robberies in 2018; it had a crime-free year in 2013. It is located in the borough of Queens, which has a high crime rate.

Fire safety

Forest Hills contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 305/Ladder Co. 151. The station is located at 111-02 Queens Boulevard. Forest Hills is located on the East River in Queens, New York. The FDNY has a fire station in Forest Hills. The fire station is on the east river side of Queens Boulevard and the West River side of the Queens Boulevard area. It is located in the Forest Hills section of Queens, Queens, about a mile west of the city's main intersection of Queens Avenue and West 57th Street. For confidential support call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For support on suicide matters call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. For support in the U.S., call theNational Suicide Prevention Line on 1- 800-273 8255. For help in the Philippines, call the Salvation Army on 08255 90 90 95 or visit http:// www.s Samaritans. org.

Health

As of 2018, preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Forest Hills and Rego Park than in other places citywide. In 2018, 82% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", higher than the city's average of 78%. There are 5 bodegas for every supermarket in the city. Long Island Jewish Forest Hills is located in the area. The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, is 0.0075 milligrams per cubic metre (7.5×109 oz/cu ft), equal to the city average. In Forest Hills, 11% of children are obese, compared with the citywide average of 20%. In 2018 there were 66 pre term births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1, 000 citywide), and 4.6 births to. teenage mothers per 1k live births. There are 11 residents who are uninsured, which is slightly lower than citywide rate of 12%. The population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 11% in 2018, slightly higher than city's 12%. In the city, 7% are diabetic, and 20% have high blood pressure, compared to citywide averages of 20%, 14%, and 24% respectively.:16 In addition, 11 per cent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, higher than average of 87%. The city has a low rate of smokers, with 14% of its residents being smokers.

Post office and ZIP Code

The United States Post Office operates the Forest Hills Station at 106-28 Queens Boulevard and the Parkside Station at 10119 Metropolitan Avenue. Forest Hills is covered by ZIP Code 11375. The post office is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days per week. 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.

Education

Forest Hills and Rego Park generally have a higher percentage of college-educated residents than the rest of New York City. Public schools in Forest Hills serve grades PK5 to 912. Private schools include two Catholic schools (Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs) and The Kew-Forest School. Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch is an ultra orthodox Chabad high school and branch of Tomchei Temimim. Plaza College, a small regionally-accredited college offering associates and bachelors degrees, is also located in forest Hills. The Queens Public Library operates two branches in the area. The Forest Hills branch is located at 108-19 71st Avenue, while the North Forest Park branch is Located at 98-27 Metropolitan Avenue. There are no zoned high schools in New York city. The following public middle schools serve Forest Hills: Stephen A. Halsey (grades 69) and Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School (grades 612) Forest Hills High School serves grades 912 and 913. The public high school serves grades 612 to 914 and grades 915 to 916. The school district operates two elementary schools: Forest Hills Elementary School and Forest Hills Middle School. It also operates two private schools: Our Lady Of Mercy and TheKew- Forest School. The elementary school's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the citywide average of 20%. In Forest Hills, 10% of students missed 20 or more days per school year.