Bayside, Queens

Bayside
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Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°46′N 73°46′W / 40.76°N 73.77°W / 40.76; -73.77
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
County/Borough Queens
Community DistrictQueens 11[1]
Named forPlace name of the Native American Lenape
Population
 • Total43,808
Ethnicity
 • White46.9%
 • Asian37.3%
 • Hispanic11.6%
 • Black2.6%
 • Other/Multiracial1.6%
Economics
 • Median income$95,114
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
11360, 11361, 11364
Area codes718, 347, 929, and 917

Bayside is a neighborhood located in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Whitestone to the northwest, the Long Island Sound and Little Neck Bay to the northeast, Douglaston to the east, Oakland Gardens to the south, and Fresh Meadows to the west. CNN Money ranked Bayside as one of the most expensive housing markets nationally when analyzing comparable detached homes throughout the United States.[3] Despite its large housing stock of free-standing homes, it nationally ranks high in population density.[4][5][6]

The first known written occurrence of the name Bayside was in a deed dated 1798, written as Bay Side. During the 19th century, Bayside was primarily farmland, where wealthy people from Manhattan would visit it as a rural resort. During the 1920s and 1930s, there were several movie studios in Astoria, and many movie stars lived in Bayside, some in posh homes. After the end of World War II, residential development of Bayside increased dramatically, particularly because of its station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch, where a commuter could ride one train straight to Manhattan.

Bayside is located in Queens Community District 11 and its ZIP Codes are 11360, 11361, and 11364.[1] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 111th Precinct.[7] Politically, Bayside is represented by the New York City Council's 19th and 23rd Districts.[8]

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLP5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "CNN/Money: The hottest zip codes". Money.cnn.com. September 22, 2004. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  4. ^ "11364 Zip Code (New York, New York) Profile – homes, apartments, schools, population, income, averages, housing, demographics, location, statistics, sex offenders, residents and real estate info". City-data.com. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "11361 Zip Code (New York, New York) Profile – homes, apartments, schools, population, income, averages, housing, demographics, location, statistics, sex offenders, residents and real estate info". City-data.com. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "11360 Zip Code (New York, New York) Profile – homes, apartments, schools, population, income, averages, housing, demographics, location, statistics, sex offenders, residents and real estate info". City-data.com. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 111th Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Current City Council Districts for Queens County Archived December 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.