Bayside & Little Neck
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.
What stands out
- Among the likeliest to drive to work in New York City (70% of commuters)
- Highest home values in Queens (median $900K)
- Leafiest in Queens (36% tree canopy)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $900K · renters pay $2,330/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
- Over an hour. About 67 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 70% drive · 25% transit · 3% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly owners. 31% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30% or more. 36% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 36% · Attached 16% · 2–19 units 36% · 20+ units 12%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 18% · 1940–79 68% · 1980–99 7% · 2000 or later 7%
- Ages
- Under 15 16% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 24% · 45–64 29% · 65+ 23%
- Language at home
- English only 42% · Chinese 25% · Spanish 9%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
- 7% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.
American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Bayside & Little Neck. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.