A report on New York City and Flushing, Queens

Located on Long Island, it is the largest borough of New York City in area; it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long Island to its west and Nassau County to the east.

Queens became a borough during the consolidation of New York City in 1898, combining the separate towns of Long Island City, Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, and western Hempstead.

The metropolitan area includes New York City (the most populous city in the United States), Long Island, the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley in the State of New York; the six largest cities in New Jersey: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Lakewood, and Edison, and their vicinities; and six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury, and their vicinities.

A community numbering 20,000 Korean-Chinese (Chaoxianzu or Joseonjok ) is centered in Flushing, Queens, while New York is also home to the largest Tibetan population outside China, India, and Nepal, also centered in Queens.

There are multiple Chinatowns in the borough of Queens in New York City.

The original Queens Chinatown emerged in Flushing, initially as a satellite of the original Manhattan Chinatown, before evolving its own identity, surpassing in scale the original Manhattan Chinatown, and subsequently, in turn, spawning its own satellite Chinatowns in Elmhurst, Corona, and eastern Queens.

In 1683, the colonial territory of Yorkshire was dissolved, Suffolk County and Queens County were established, and the local seat of government was moved west from Hempstead to Jamaica (now in New York City).

Likewise, the Long Island Koreatown originated in Flushing, Queens, and is expanding eastward along Northern Boulevard and into Nassau County.

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park, or simply Flushing Meadows, is a public park in the northern part of Queens, New York City.

The park is named after the nearby neighborhoods of Flushing and Corona, which are separated by the park.

The first Brooklyn Chinatown, was originally established in the Sunset Park area of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

As a result, the non-Cantonese Chinese populations created their own Mandarin-speaking Chinatowns in Queens, or "Mandarin Town" (國語埠) in Flushing, and a smaller one in Elmhurst as well.

Toronto Metropolitan Area - with 643,370 Indo-Canadians as of the 2016 census (11% of the population of 5,862,855), the Toronto area has the highest per-capita proportion and second largest total population of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere after New York City. Including all South Asians brings this number up to 973,225 or 16.6% of the population.

Flushing, in vicinity of the Hindu Temple Society of North America, representing Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam, (Tamil : ஸ்ரீ மஹா வல்லப கணபதி தேவஸ்தானம Telugu:శ్రీ మహావల్లభ గణపతి దేవస్థానం Sanskrit: श्री महावल्लभ गणपति देवस्थानम्), at 45–57 Bowne Street, Flushing, Queens, in New York City, the oldest traditional Hindu temple in the Western Hemisphere.

The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair was a world's fair that held over 140 pavilions and 110 restaurants, representing 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations with the goal and the final result of building exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.

Flushing had been a Dutch settlement, named after the city of Vlissingen (anglicized into "Flushing").

Citi Field is a baseball stadium located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in New York City, United States.

Citi Field is located in the borough of Queens, adjacent to the neighborhoods of Corona, which lies to its west, and Willets Point and Flushing to the east.

Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City.

Many of the displaced Colombians have moved to adjacent areas such as Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Corona, College Point and Flushing.