Queens County

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Queens County is a borough of New York City, better known as Queens, located on western Long Island and recognized for its cultural diversity and major transportation hubs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borough of New York City
county of New York State
areaCode 347
718
917
929
borderedBy Bronx County (via water)
Kings County NERFINISHED
Nassau County NERFINISHED
New York County (via East River)
bordersWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
East River
Long Island Sound
boroughHallLocation Kew Gardens
boroughNumber 2
boroughPresident Donovan Richards
commonName Queens
containsCulturalSite Louis Armstrong House Museum
MoMA PS1
Museum of the Moving Image
Noguchi Museum
Socrates Sculpture Park
containsInstitution Queens College, City University of New York
Queens Museum
St. John’s University (Queens campus)
containsNeighborhood Arverne
Astoria
Bayside
Belle Harbor
Briarwood
Broad Channel
Cambria Heights NERFINISHED
College Point
Corona
Douglaston–Little Neck
Elmhurst
Far Rockaway
Flushing
Forest Hills
Fresh Meadows NERFINISHED
Glendale
Hollis
Howard Beach
Jackson Heights
Jamaica
John F. Kennedy International Airport area
Kew Gardens Hills
LaGuardia Airport area
Laurelton
Long Island City
Masbeth
Middle Village
Neponsit NERFINISHED
Ozone Park
Queens Village
Rego Park
Richmond Hill
Ridgewood NERFINISHED
Rockaway Beach
Rockaway Park
Rosedale
Springfield Gardens
St. Albans
Sunnyside
Whitestone NERFINISHED
Woodhaven
Woodside
containsPark Alley Pond Park
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
Forest Park NERFINISHED
Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk
containsSportsVenue Citi Field
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
containsTransportationHub Court Square–23rd Street
Flushing–Main Street station
Jamaica Station
John F. Kennedy International Airport
LaGuardia Airport
Queensboro Plaza
Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station
country United States of America
countySeat Queens Borough Hall
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Daylight Time
demographicCharacteristic one of the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world
districtAttorney Melinda Katz
federalCongressionalRepresentation multiple U.S. House districts
fipsCode 36081
gnisID 0970716
governingBody Government of New York City
judicialDistrict 11th Judicial District of New York
knownFor cultural diversity
ethnically diverse neighborhoods
major transportation hubs
languageDiversity hundreds of languages spoken
largestNeighborhoodByArea Flushing Meadows–Corona Park vicinity
legislativeBody New York City Council
locatedIn New York metropolitan area
locatedOn Long Island
officialName Queens County NERFINISHED
partOf New York City
postalAbbreviation Queens, NY
settlementType urban county
state New York
timeZone Eastern Time Zone


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