Floral Park, Queens
| Floral Park | |
|---|---|
| — Neighborhoods of New York City — | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Queens |
| ZIP code | 11001[1] |
| Area code(s) | 718, 347, 917 |
Floral Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is adjacent to the Village of Floral Park, which is in Nassau County. It may be distinguished from the latter by the use of the designation "North Floral Park". The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 13.[2]
Union Turnpike is the border between the neighborhoods, with Glen Oaks to the north. The other boundaries of Floral Park are roughly Little Neck Parkway (252nd Street) to the west, Langdale Street to the east, and a diagonal boundary from Hillside at 271 to Jericho Turnpike at 257 to the south.
[edit] Demographics
Floral Park is a middle class neighborhood that consists mostly of Cape Cod-style houses. Most of the houses were built after World War II to accommodate returning soldiers. Veterans today make up 11 percent of all residents in Floral Park, versus 6 percent citywide. Currently, Floral Park has a large and prominent Indian-American population. [3]
[edit] Notable residents
Notable former and current residents include:
- Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer, was born and raised in Floral Park, Queens, where members of his family attended Our Lady of the Snows Catholic School.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
- ^ Hughes, C.J.. "A Town Center at City’s Edge", The New York Times, December 16, 2007. Accessed April 15, 2011.
- ^ Glueck, Grace. "Fallen Angel", The New York Times, June 25, 1995. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Growing up in a blue-collar precinct of Floral Park and steeped in Catholicism, Mapplethorpe developed -- to his alarm -- an adolescent interest in gay pornographic magazines."
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