Edgemere, Queens

Edgemere
Edgemere
Neighborhood of Queens
	Aerial view of Edgemere, looking west.
	Location within New York City
	Coordinates: 40°35′42″N 73°46′30″W / 40.595°N 73.775°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
County/Borough	Queens
Community District	Queens 14
Named for	"Edge of the sea"
Population (2019)
• Total	18,100
Race and Ethnicity
• Non-Hispanic White	7%
• Black or African-American	56%
• Hispanic or Latino of any race	32%
• Asian	2%
• other	3%
Economics
• Median income	$32,785
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	11691
Area codes	718, 347, 929, and 917

Edgemere is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, extending from Beach 32nd to Beach 52nd Street on the Rockaway Peninsula. It contains Rockaway Community Park.^[4] Arverne is to the west, and Far Rockaway to the east. Edgemere was founded in 1892 by Frederick J. Lancaster, who originally called it New Venice.^[5]^[3]

Edgemere is located in Queens Community District 14 and its ZIP Code is 11691.^[2] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 101st Precinct.

References

^ ^a ^b "Edgemere, Queens" (PDF). New York City Office of Environmental Remediation. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 1913. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2.
^ Rockaway Community Park NYC Parks
^ The Rockaways. Accessed October 2, 2007. "Edgemere was developed by Frederick J. Lancaster in 1892. The area was a sandy waste, with only two or three houses and the Half-Way House. Mr. Lancaster called the place New Venice."

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