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Queens holds holds the Guinness Book of World Records for most diverse place on the planet. Over 138 different languages are spoken in Queens representing people from more that 150 countries.
Up Newtown Creek: A Cruise This tidal arm of the East River forms the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. At peak industrial build-up, circa 1900, it was one of the busiest waterways in the world.
The borough of Queens is home to people from more than 100 different countries. The largest groups are from the Dominican Republic, China, Jamaica, and India.
New York City has 3.3 million foreign-born immigrants, from more than 150 countries, who comprise nearly 40% of the City population.
Within the Queens total population, there were 549,358 White residents making up 22.8%, 381,375 Black residents making up 15.9%, 656,583 Asian residents making up 27.3%, and 667,861 Hispanic residents making up 27.8% of all residents.
It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn and by Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. Queens is the most linguistically and ethnically diverse place in the world.
Up Newtown Creek: A Cruise This tidal arm of the East River forms the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. At peak industrial build-up, circa 1900, it was one of the busiest waterways in the world.
If you look at a map of Brooklyn and Queens, NY, you'll see that these boroughs are incredibly close to each other –– so close, in fact, that there have been disputes over the boundary lines for centuries.
If you look on a map of New York City, Brooklyn and Queens have two natural borders: the Newtown Creek to the north and Jamaica Bay to the south.
To the east of Brooklyn lies the borough of Queens, which contains John F. Kennedy International Airport in that borough's Jamaica neighborhood, approximately two miles from the border of Brooklyn's East New York neighborhood.