QUEENS CITY COUNCIL 2015 City Council District Profiles DISTRICT MALBA POWELL’S COVE 21 COLLEGE 14 AVE POINT RIKER’S ISLAND CHANNEL 15 AVE 20 AVE 19 T S Y A FLUSHING BAY East Elmhurst W BOWERY IN STE B AY Jackson Heights LaGuardia North Corona STEINWAY Airport 25 RD Corona LeFrak City D CENTR RAN AL P G KW Y Y PW 6 EX E N EAST O T S 23 AVE ELMHURST E IT H 10 W 24 AVE 19 E BU 96 ST RICSS CURTIS ST 3 TLER ST GILMORE ST 2 20 94 ST 22 95 ST 5 AVE 2 O 93 ST N ST VE A VE 27 38 A 28 100 ST 127 ST 99 ST AS COLLEGE POINT BLVD 98 ST 22 TOR VE IA B VE FLUSHING 31 A LVD A 1 0 106 ST ASTORIA 5 ST 32 AVE HEIGHTS 20 11 23 ORTHERN BLVD 14 N 1 B 1 R 0 ST O WILLETS POINT 90 ST 4 VE O 82 ST 25 T A K 34 AVE 13 VEL L NORTH SE Y OO FLUSHING N CORONA 9 R 1 CREEK Q 12 1 04 ST 112 ST 1 03 ST VE 1 U 5 A 02 ST J 3 01 ST E U E N 7 DR VE N JACKSON 3 A KISSENA BLVD C 38 S T VE VE HEIGHTS A A Y E I 7 9 O 3 3 X N VE W P E A V P W A 40 B ST VE X L 26 R A E Y HU V 41 D VE A K VE M 2 37 A L 9 4 C Legend 7 26 E S 21 Y T VE VE 9 9 3 A 4 A 4 W 4 S 5 S 37 RD 24 5 4 T N T 7 27 AVE AVE A 45 46 1 V 1/4 Mile AVE VE 47 8 A 4 1 9AVE 1 WOODSIDE CORONA 4 1 ST City Council Districts AVE BROADWAY n L AL AVE 15 21 17 P ST E Y N WOODSIDE C City, State, and 5 6 AVE O 50 R Federal Parkland ON M A A E 18 108 ST AV E I V VAN CLEEF ST N IE A n T IS 9 R 8 S 9 PL CH 16 T Playgrounds 9 24 25 7 ELMHURST PL MARTENSE AVE VE n 51 AVE 57 A OTIS AVE Y PW Schoolyards-to-Playgrounds AND EX LEFRAK ISL MEADOW NG n CITY LO LAKE AVE Community Gardens D 29 N A R G n Swimming Pools l D Recreation CentersE 7 CoronaV Golf Playground 15 Josephine Caminiti Plgd 23 Private William Gray AV Parkland L EL B W QUEENS BLVD l JE 1 Flushing Meadows 8 SimeoneN Park 16 Corona Mac Park Park E KEW V Public Plazas Corona Park 9 LouisA Armstrong Plgd 17 William F. Moore Park 24 American Triangle GARDENS H VE HIlLLS D 67 A 2 Grand Central Parkway 10 PlaneviewO Park 18 Corona Taxpayers 25 97th Street Privately Owned O 30 Extension 11 Fisher W Pool Association Block Association Public Spaces (POPS) 3 East Elmhurst Playground 12 Junction Playground 19 Jackson Mill Green 26 Corona Plaza• 4 Hinton Park• 13 Mall Thirty Four XXXIV 20 Veterans Plaza 27 Manuel De Dios Unanue (S) New York State park • (F) National Park Service park 5 Park of The Americas 14 Louis Armstrong 21 Corona Health Sanctuary Triangle • Home to an active volunteer group 6 Overlook Park Community Center 22 Barclay Triangle 28 Trolley Car Triangle QUEENS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2015 District Statistics 21 PARKS ACREAGE CD21 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 19% Total District Land (acres) 3,312 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Julissa Ferreras City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 617 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 19% 19% 718-651-1917 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 587 23,635 Percent parkland of QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 3 total district acreage 718-458-2707 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 18% 9% QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 4 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD21 CITYWIDE 718-760-3141 Resident Population 152,083 8,128,980 QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 7 13 Ranking of park & 718-359-2800 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 3.9 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents CITY OF NEW YORK Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 59% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 311 or www.nyc.gov Residents under 18 23% 22% STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES 21 www.elections.state.ny.us Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 16.6 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS Residents over 65 8% 12% of a park www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 46.4 23.3 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC council.nyc.gov/pb PARK AMENITIES CD21 CITYWIDE NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS Community Gardens 4 11 www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 Recreation Centers 2 1 0.6 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Number of playgrounds Playgrounds 22 34 per 1,000 children 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10004 Swimming Pools 2 2 For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, has built, protected and promoted parks and FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD21 CITYWIDE open spaces in New York City. Today, NY4P is the 87% 90% Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 87% 86% 94% 96% citywide independent organization championing Condition Cleanliness Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 90% 91% quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers in all neighborhoods. PARK FUNDING, FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD21 CITYWIDE 30 Data Sources Completed Projects (millions) $33.5 $26.1 Rank of Funding per All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC Park & Playground acre Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York Playground acre (millions) $0.06 $0.14 State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD21 CITYWIDE (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Registered Voters 46% 73% Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- 46% ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 4.7 6.8 Registered voters (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: Park Volunteer Groups 3 10 ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Map Data SOCIOECONOMICS CD21 CITYWIDE All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Median Household Income $14,601 $51,270 47 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Ranking of average Project Staff Population in Poverty 20% 19% median income Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst 1= highest, 51= lowest Haley Cox, Research & Planning Intern Children Receiving Public Assistance 41% 33% Michael Bierman & Rori Spivey, Graphic Design Special Thanks to Alyson Beha Copyright 2015. New Yorkers for Parks. All rights reserved. 1 Value for the city as a whole; when italicized, average for all City Council Districts. 2 Parklands are all city land under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and the National Park Service. 3 Parks & Playground excludes unvisitable properties, such as greenstreets, triangles, parking lots, undeveloped land, and highway properties. www.ny4p.org.