Queens

Queens is geographically the largest of The Counties and, according to the UCAS census, the most ethnically diverse county in the United Canadian and American States. Prior to the consolidation with New York city, it was composed of small towns, villages and farms. Queens residents largely identify with their neighborhood instead of the borough as a whole.

## Geography

Queens is the largest district of New York City and is located on the other side of East River to the east of Manhattan. Queens is bordered by Brooklyn to the south.

## History, Demographics and Economy

It has traditionally been an immigrant, working-class neighborhood and was gentrified at the turn of the century and was increasingly populated by artists, students and hipsters. But Queens was hit the worst by the earthquake of 2022. The property damage was so bad that the district was deemed uninhabitable and evacuated. When the corporations began rebuilding the city, specifically Manhattan, they pushed out the savages and street gangs. Queens however, was left to its fate and fell further in decline.

Not only a few years later the district was considered extremely dangerous with such a high crime rate that law enforcement gave up. Queens was left to the street dogs and is now often referred to as 'The Pits', the urban blight of tenement towers and broken streets of violent gangs, BTL/drugs and black market items/services.

In what is now Queens, a pre-existing population of Poles and Ukrainians have been replenished with newer immigrants, and the arrival of large number of South American immigrants over the last fifteen years or so had led the proliferation of Mexican restaurants and specialty food markets. There are also a notable population of Bangladeshi people and other immigrants from Muslim countries, many of whom are congregants of the Madina Masjid (Mosque), located on 11th Street and 47th Avenue. The diverse neighborhood also contains many synagogues and a great variety of churches, both in terms of denomination and ethic and linguistic makeup. In addition, there is a major Hare Krishna temple and Buddhist houses of worship.

The neighborhood has become a popular late night destination with go-gangers, street gangers, and other street drek. Also, it’s a popular slumming spot for people averse to weapons checks. Clinton Street and Ludlow Street between Rivington Street and Stanton Street become especially packed at night with lots of shadowbiz to be had, and the resulting noise is a cause of tension between bar owners, the gutterpunks and gangers, and longtime residents.

Also, the Pit is home to many live music venues. Up and coming alternative rage rock bands play at the destroyed Maspeth Ballroom on Delancey Street and Mercury Lounge on East Houston Street, while lesser known bands play at Pan's on Norforlk Street and Galipo on Suffolk Street. There are also bars that offer performance space, such as Screech and the Lyte Rooms on Ludlow Street.

## Neighborhoods

* Rikers Island;
* Ditmars Steinway;
* Astoria;
* Hunters Point;
* Maspeth;
* Greenpoint.

## Crime

For the past hundred years various radical groups, such as XXXX, XXXX, XXX and XXX - just to name a few - have had their headquartes in this district. Many still do.

One of the most notorious was the XXXX, when the true horror of that mysterious gang became obvious the authorities cordoned off The Pit and sent teams of the D.S.U. (Disinfection Service Unit), also known as: The Disinfectors, to clean up after the disaster. Swarms of awakened insects erupted from the buildings and from beneath the streets. The hives, nests and swarms were neutralized after several months, but lots of people lost their lives to the mandibls of man-sized roaches and beetled or man-sized wasps snatching people from uppor floors of housing projects.