Queens

Queens

General Information
Name
Native Name
Other Names	Queens County, New York
Settlement Type	Borough and county
Transliteration
Language 1
Type 1
Info 1
Location
Coordinates
Map
Population
Total	2230722
Density	per km²
Area
Total	km²
Land	km²
Water	km²
Government
Type	Borough (New York City)
Leader	Donovan Richards (D) — (Borough of Queens)
Time Zone
Standard	UTC
DST	UTC

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest borough of New York City in area and is adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the western end of Long Island and is the second-largest in population of the five New York City boroughs with a population of 2,230,722 as of the last official U.S census count in 2010, according to Wikipedia.

Quick facts

Geography: Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City, geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the western end of Long Island.

Percent of residents foreign born: Queens is the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world, as residents often closely identify with their neighborhood rather than with the borough or city.

Identity: The borough is a patchwork of dozens of unique neighborhoods, each with its own distinct identity.

Hospitals in Queens

Name	Designations	Region/County
Elmhurst Hospital Center	AIDS Center; Level I Adult Trauma Center; Level III Perinatal Center; Primary Stroke Center; SAFE Designated Hospital	Queens (New York Metro - New York City)
Flushing Hospital Medical Center	Level III Perinatal Center; Primary Stroke Center	Queens (New York Metro - New York City)
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center	Level I Adult Trauma Center; Level III Perinatal Center; Primary Stroke Center	Queens (New York Metro - New York City)
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills	Level II Perinatal Center; Primary Stroke Center	Queens (New York Metro - New York City; New York Metro - New York City)
Long Island Jewish Medical Center	Level I Pediatric Trauma Center; Primary Stroke Center; Regional Perinatal Center	Queens (New York Metro - New York City; New York Metro - New York City)
Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens	Primary Stroke Center	Queens (New York Metro - New York City)
New York-Presbyterian/Queens	AIDS Center; Level I Adult Trauma Center; Level III Perinatal Center; Primary Stroke Center	Queens (New York Metro - New York City)
Queens Hospital Center	AIDS Center; Level III Perinatal Center; SAFE Designated Hospital	Queens (New York Metro - New York City)
St Johns Episcopal Hospital South Shore	Level II Perinatal Center; Primary Stroke Center	Queens (New York Metro - New York City)

External links

• Queens county department of health

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