Flushing OutlineFrom The Peopling of New York City
Economy/Commerce A) Tourist market
1) Sports
a) Shea Stadium features New York Mets
b) Arthur Ashe is the home to the U.S. Open tennis tournament
2) Shopping/Restaurants
a) Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue are major attractions for shoppers and
people who love the Asian cuisine
3) Hotels are available for tourists to stay in
B) Residential market
1) A very large shopping selection ranging from a variety of household items to technological stores
2) Banks and financial firms are prevalent
C) Housing and Income
1) Average house value $257,000.00
2) Average family income $42,663.75
D) Underground economy
1) Bootleg DVDs
2) Junkyard- cheap auto-parts
Environment A) Location
1) North-central part of Queens, NY
2) Between Flushing Meadows Park and Utopian Parkway
B) Transportation
1) 7th train goes through Flushing
2) LIRR runs from Main Street to midtown
3) Extensive system of buses runs in Flushing
C) Attractions
1) Queens Botanical Garden
2) The Hall of Science is located in the nearby area
3) Queens Museum of Art
Demographics A) Flushing’s Total Population (2000): 176,257 (8% of Queens County)
1) Flushing’s total population increased by 13.5% from 1990 compared to the citywide increase of 9.4%
2) 58.5% of population is immigrant population, compared to the 35.9% citywide
3) Statistics show that most immigrants that make up this population immigrated after 1995
4) Sex: 52.1% female, 47.9% male
5) Family Life: 60.4% married, 39.6% single, 27.4% families with kids
6) Education: 74.5% (above 25) have high school diploma; 27.7% have at least bachelors degree
7) Ethnicities: 44.4% Asian, 30% White, 18.5% Hispanic, 3.6% African-American
8) Immigrants from: China, Korea, India, Colombia, El Salvador, Pakistan, Greece, Ecuador, Russia
9) Languages: 28.4% speak only English; of Non-English Speakers 37% speak Asian language and 17.2% speak
Spanish language
10) Languages Spoken: English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Hindi, Urdu, Russian, various other European languages
History A) First inhabited by the Matinecoc Native Americans, a tribe of Algonquian-
speaking people
B) Named after the Dutch Village of Vlissingen after it became the first
settlement in Queens by the Dutch West India Company
C) Later inhabited by British colonists, one of whose prominent settlers was
John Bowne
D) Peter Stuyvesant, the director of New Netherland settlement demanded the
expulsion of Quakers, Papists, Jews, Turks and heretics.
E) Town leaders rejected this demand with the Flushing Remonstrance
F) Flushing Remonstrance guaranteed religious freedom to all residents
G)Historical Landmarks
1) Bowne House – 2nd oldest house in New York
2) Flushing Quaker Meeting House – oldest house of worship in NY
3) Bowne Street
4) Community Church
5) Flushing Railroad
6) Flushing Townhall
Culture A) A highly diverse population made up of:
1) Large Asian population, most of who are from China, Taiwan and Korea.
2) A significant Latino population, along with large numbers of South-Asians
and African-Americans.
3) Smaller numbers of the Italian, Greek and Eastern European population
B) Main Street is a hub for a mesh of Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean culture. It has
many ethnic restaurants, serving the traditional foods of the respective culture.
1) There are also many small grocery stores that sell the ethic east Asian foods
as well.
2) Main Street in particular is an economic center dominated by East Asians,
which can easily be seen by the fact that almost all business signs are in
both English and Chinese/Korean
C) Further south in Flushing, there are a number of South Asian stores and restaurants
selling the ethnic south Asian food.
D) There are many languages, other than English spoken in this community. The
major ones are Chinese, then Korean, followed by Spanish.
E) There are many community centers, places of worship and landmarks in Flushing,
especially around Main Street, between Roosevelt and Franklin.
1) New York Taiwan Center
2) China Buddhist Association
3) St. George’s Church
4) Bowne House
5) Flushing Town Hall – Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts
6) Flushing Armory – currently police station
7) Quaker Meeting House
8) Kingsland Homestead – currently home of Queens Historical Society
9) Latimer House
10) Flushing High School
11) Unisphere – from 1964 World Fair
12) RKO Keiths’ Theatre
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