Corona, Queens

Corona
Neighborhood
The intersection of Corona Avenue, 108th Street, and 52nd Avenue
The intersection of Corona Avenue, 108th Street, and 52nd Avenue
Map
Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°44′06″N 73°51′54″W / 40.735°N 73.865°W / 40.735; -73.865
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CityNew York City
County/BoroughQueens
Community DistrictQueens 3,[1] Queens 4[2]
Founded1854
Named forCrown Building Company
Population
 (2010)[3]
 • Total
109,695
 Includes North Corona and South Corona
Race/Ethnicity
[4]
 • Hispanic73.6%
 • Asian10.0%
 • Black9.5%
 • White5.3%
 • Other/Multiracial1.6%
Economics
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
11368
Area codes718, 347, 929, and 917
Websitewww.corona.nyc

Corona is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It borders Flushing and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east, Jackson Heights to the west, Forest Hills and Rego Park to the south, Elmhurst to the southwest, and East Elmhurst to the north. Corona's main thoroughfares include Corona Avenue, Roosevelt Avenue, Northern Boulevard, Junction Boulevard, and 108th Street.

Corona has a multicultural population with a Latino majority, and is the site of historic African-American and Italian-American communities. After World War II, the majority of the neighborhood's residents were mostly Italian, German, Irish and of other European ancestries. Corona also has a significant Chinese population.[5]

Corona is mostly part of Queens Community District 4.[2] The section north of Roosevelt Avenue, known as North Corona, is the northern section of Corona and is in Community District 3.[1] Corona is patrolled by the 110th and 115th Precincts of the New York City Police Department.[6]

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLP3A was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLP5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Lawrence A. McGlinn, Department of Geography SUNY-New Paltz. "Beyond Chinatown: Dual immigration and the Chinese population of metropolitan New York City, 2000, pp. 114-115" (PDF). Middle States Geographer, 2002, 35: 110–119, Journal of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 110th Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).