East Elmhurst, Queens East Elmhurst is a culturally diverse region in the northwest section of the New York City borough of Queens.
The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 3. The ZIP codes of East Elmhurst are 11369 and 11370.
In 2014 East Elmhurst (ZIP 11369), New York, populace is 40,160.
44.19% of citizens in East Elmhurst (zip 11369), New York, are married.
Race in East Elmhurst (ZIP 11369), New York 26.23% of citizens are White, 17.53% are Black, 11.64% are Asian, 0.29% are Native American, and 40.32% claim 'Other'.
64.40% of the citizens in East Elmhurst (zip 11369), New York, claim Hispanic ethnicity (meaning 35.60% are non-Hispanic).
The Corona East Elmhurst News, first presented in 1959 by Kenneth and Corien Drew, was positioned on Astoria Boulevard.
The tabloid style journal was a weekly printed announcement which encompassed many notable columnists that highlighted the civil and political activities of the African American communities of Corona and East Elmhurst and the Borough of Queens.
East Elmhurst Community School serves students PK-3.
The Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center "conceived and designed by the inhabitants of the Corona-East Elmhurst community" homes one of the most extensive collections of African American art and literature.
A component of the Queens Library system, the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center is positioned in Corona on Northern Boulevard.
The Black Heritage Reference Center, a part of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, serves Queens with a elected reference and circulating collection, totaling approximately 30,000 volumes of materials written about and related to Black culture.
The Black Heritage Reference Center of Queens County includes books, periodicals, theses and dissertations, VHS videos, cassettes and CDS, photographs, posters, prints, paintings, and sculpture.
The Black Heritage Video Collection documents the history and culture of Africans and African-Americans on tape, and in all subject areas including literature, biography, civil science, fine arts; and titles such as "Sankofa," and the "Million Man March." various New York Mets such as Ed Charles and Tommie Agee called East Elmhurst home.
East Elmhurst is the childhood home of former US Attorney General Eric Holder and is home to former Queens Borough President Helen Marshall.
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