Fresh Meadows & Briarwood
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 leafiest in Queens (31% tree canopy)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $790K · renters pay $1,880/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 57 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 52% drive · 39% transit · 6% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 53% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30% or more. 31% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 19% · Attached 11% · 2–19 units 33% · 20+ units 36%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 14% · 1940–79 71% · 1980–99 7% · 2000 or later 7%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 12% · 25–44 25% · 45–64 26% · 65+ 19%
- Language at home
- English only 42% · Spanish 16% · Other Indo-European (e.g. Hindi, Urdu) 13%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
- 12% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.
American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Fresh Meadows & Briarwood. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.