Queens | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Queens


00:02:21 1 History
00:02:30 1.1 Colonial and post-colonial history
00:07:22 1.2 Incorporation as borough
00:10:13 2 Geography
00:11:47 2.1 Borough scapes
00:11:56 2.2 Climate
00:14:24 2.3 Adjacent counties
00:14:44 3 Neighborhoods
00:19:23 4 Demographics
00:19:32 4.1 Population estimates
00:22:15 4.2 Ethnic groups
00:31:44 5 Culture
00:34:07 5.1 Languages
00:36:10 5.2 Food
00:36:40 6 Government
00:39:36 7 Economy
00:42:22 8 Sports
00:43:42 9 New York City Designated Landmarks
00:43:53 10 Transportation
00:44:14 10.1 Airports
00:45:55 10.2 Public transportation
00:48:07 10.2.1 Water transit
00:50:47 10.3 Roads
00:50:55 10.3.1 Highways
00:51:58 10.3.2 Streets
00:55:55 10.3.3 Bridges and tunnels
00:57:36 10.4 Education
00:57:44 10.5 Elementary and secondary education
00:58:57 10.6 Postsecondary institutions
01:01:35 10.7 Queens Library
01:02:43 11 Notable people
01:04:51 12 See also



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Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island and to Nassau County farther east on Long Island; in addition, Queens shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Coterminous with Queens County since 1899, the borough of Queens is the second-largest in population (after Brooklyn), with a census-estimated 2,358,582 residents in 2017, approximately 48% of them foreign-born. Queens County also is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of New York, behind the neighboring borough of Brooklyn, which is coterminous with Kings County. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated county among New York City's boroughs, as well as in the United States. If each of New York City's boroughs were an independent city, Queens also would be the nation's fourth most populous, after Los Angeles in California, Chicago in Illinois and Brooklyn. Queens is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of New York. The settlement was presumably named for the English queen Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705). Queens became a borough during the consolidation of New York City in 1898, and from 1683 until 1899, the County of Queens included what is now Nassau County.
Queens has the most diversified economy of the five boroughs of New York City. It is home to John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, both among the world's busiest, which in turn makes the airspace above Queens among the busiest in the United States. Landmarks in Queens include Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; Citi Field, home to the New York Mets baseball team; the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, site of the US Open tennis tournament; Kaufman Astoria Studios; Silvercup Studios; and Aqueduct Racetrack. The borough has diverse housing, ranging from high-rise apartment buildings in the urban areas of western and central Queens, such as Jackson Heights, Flushing, Astoria, and Long Island City, to somewhat more suburban neighborhoods in the eastern part of the borough, including Little Neck, Douglaston, and Bayside.