Astoria & Long Island City
Community district in New York City
Borough: Queens
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About Queens
The largest borough by area, east of Brooklyn on Long Island, home to both of the city’s airports.
Names you’ll hear here
- Astoria
What stands out
- Highest share of renters in Queens (81% rent)
- Among the likeliest to take transit to work in Queens (67% of commuters)
- Among the newest housing in Queens (14% built 2000 or later)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $790K · renters pay $2,130/moSurvey estimates for 2020–2024, not current prices, for the whole community district. Rent is what renting households pay, utilities included, counting rent-stabilized and subsidized homes, so it sits well below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare districts, not to budget.
- To Penn Station
- 45–60 min. About 45 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 20% drive · 67% transit · 10% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 81% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 10%. 9% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 2% · Attached 6% · 2–19 units 52% · 20+ units 40%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 38% · 1940–79 42% · 1980–99 5% · 2000 or later 14%
- Ages
- Under 15 13% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 43% · 45–64 22% · 65+ 13%
- Language at home
- English only 50% · Spanish 20% · Other Indo-European (e.g. Hindi, Urdu) 15%English only, or the language besides English that each person 5 or older speaks at home. For tracts the Census groups some languages: Bengali, Hindi and Urdu are among “other Indo-European”.
- Recent immigrants
- 11% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.
American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Astoria & Long Island City. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.