Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City and a county of New York State. It was named for Catherine of Braganza, the Queen of England and wife of King Charles II of England.

Queens is in western Long Island.  The East River separates it from Manhattan in the east and The Bronx in the north.  Queens' only land boundary with another New York City borough is with Brooklyn in the south and west.  Jamaica Bay separates most of Queens from its Rockaway Peninsula in the south.  Nassau County lies to the east. Until 1899, Nassau County was part of Queens County. 

About 2.4 million people live in Queens and it is the largest borough of New York City in size and second in population (after Brooklyn). According to the United States census, Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the USA. That means that it has the most people from different kinds of places, religions, and ethnic groups of any place in the USA. Large parts of Queens are urban and an equal part is suburban.

Transportation 
Queens is home to both of New York City's airports, LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Queens is connected to the Bronx by three bridges: the Bronx Whitestone Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge and the Triborough Bridge. It is connected to Manhattan by two bridges and one tunnel: the Triborough Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, and the Queens Midtown Tunnel.

Many controlled-access highways cross Queens, including I-495 (the Long Island Expressway), I-278 (the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway), and I-678 (the Van Wyck Expressway, pronounced Van Wike). Important state highways in Queens include the Grand Central Parkway, which becomes the Northern State Parkway when it crosses the Queens border into Nassau County.

Many New York City Subway lines go through Queens.  The most famous is the Flushing Line, the 7 Train, which has the nickname "International Express" because it goes through many neighborhoods where many immigrants live.  Other subway lines in Queens include the A Train, C Train, E Train, F Train, G Train, J Train, M Train, N Train, R Train, V Train, W Train, and Z Train.

Queens has a very large bus system that goes to all parts of the borough. Some bus routes go to Brooklyn, Manhattan, or the Bronx.

The Long Island Rail Road also has many stations in Queens. The Port Washington Line crosses northern Queens. There are busy stations at Woodside, Queens, Forest Hills, and Flushing. The central depot and main station for the railroad is in the neighborhood of Jamaica.

Sport & Recreation 

The New York Mets of the National League of Major League Baseball play in Citi Field in Queens. The U.S. Open, a famous and important tennis tournament, is played in Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows Park south of the baseball stadium.

Neighborhoods 

Queens has dozens of neighborhoods and named areas. These include:

 Addisleigh Park
 Arverne
 Astoria
 Auburndale 
 Baisley Park
 Bay Terrace
 Bayside
 Bayswater
 Beechhurst
 Bellaire
 Belle Harbor
 Bellerose
 Blissville
 Breezy Point
 Briarwood
 Broad Channel
 Cambria Heights
 College Point
 Corona
 Ditmars / Steinway
 Douglaston
 Dutch Kills
 Edgemere
 Elmhurst
 Far Rockaway
 Floral Park
Flushing
 Forest Hills Gardens
 Forest Hills
 Fresh Meadows
 Glen Oaks
 Glendale
 Hamilton Beach
 Hillcrest
 Hollis Hills
 Hollis
 Holliswood 
 Howard Beach
 Howard Park
 Hunters Point
 Jackson Heights
 Jamaica
 Jamaica Estates
 Kew Gardens Hills
 Kew Gardens
 Laurelton
 Linden Hill
 Lindenwood
 Long Island City
 Little Neck
 Malba
 Maspeth
 Middle Village
 Morris Park
 Murray Hill
 Neponsit
 New Hyde Park
 Oakland Gardens
 Ozone Park
 Pomonok
 Queens Village
 Queensboro Hill
 Queensbridge
 Ravenswood
 Rego Park
 Richmond Hill
 Ridgewood
 Rochdale
 Rockaway Beach
 Rockaway Park
 Rockaway Point
 Rosedale
 Saint Albans
 Seaside
 South Jamaica
 South Ozone Park
 Springfield Gardens
 Sunnyside
 Utopia
 Whitestone
 Willets Point
 Woodhaven
 Woodside

References

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