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Queens is the largest in area and the second most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, New York, USA. The borough's boundaries are identical to those of Queens County, a county of New York State.

Located on the western portion of Long Island, Queens is home to two of the three major New York City area airports, John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia ; it is also the location of the New York Mets baseball team; the US Open tennis tournament; Flushing Meadows Park and Silvercup Studios.

As of the 2005American Community Survey, immigrants comprise 47.6% of Queens residents making Queens the city's most diverse borough.With a population of 2.2 million it is the second most populous borough in New York City (behind Brooklyn ) and the tenth most populous county in the United States. The 2.2 million figure is the highest historical population for the borough.Were each borough an independent city, Queens would be the fifth largest city in the United States.

New York's Five Boroughs at at Glance Jurisdiction Est. pop. Area Borough of County of 1 July 2007 sq. mi. km Manhattan New York 1,620,867 34 87 the Bronx Bronx 1,373,659 57 149 Brooklyn Kings 2,528,050 97 251 Queens Queens 2,270,338 178 462 Staten Island Richmond 481,613 103 265 City of New York 8,274,527 469 1,214 State of New York 19,297,729 54,556 141,300 Source: United States Census Bureau

Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of New York and was supposedly named for the Queen consort, Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), the Portuguese princess who married King Charles II of England in 1662 (this is not supported by contemporary documents.)

The borough is often considered one of the more suburban boroughs of New York City. Neighborhoods in central Queens (except those situated along Queens Boulevard and the neighborhoods of Flushing and Jamaica ), southern Queens, and eastern Queens have a look and feel similar to the bordering suburbs of western Nassau County. In its northwestern section, however, Queens is home to many urban neighborhoods and several central business districts. Long Island City, on the Queens' waterfront across from Manhattan, is the site of the Citicorp Building, the tallest skyscraper in New York City outside of Manhattan. find out more at wikipedia©

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