Chinatown

Elmhurst
Neighborhood of Queens
The intersection of Queens Boulevard and 57th Avenue; the Macy's store in Queens Center is in the background
Country United States
State New York
County Queens
Settlement (Dutch) 1652
Population (2010)
• Total 88,427
Ethnicity
• Hispanic or Latino 43.1%
• Asian 38.9%
• White 13.6%
• Two or more races 5.8%
• African American 2.0%
ZIP code 11373
Area code(s) 718, 347, 917, 929
Elmhurst (formerly Newtown) is a working/middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens in the United States, on Long Island. It is bounded by Roosevelt Avenue on the north; the Long Island Expressway on the south; Junction Boulevard on the east; and the New York Connecting Railroad on the west.[1] The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 4.

History

Chinatown
Elmhurst's Chinatown (唐人街, 艾浒) on Broadway is a satellite of the Flushing Chinatown.
Main article: Chinatowns in Queens
Elmhurst's rapidly growing Chinatown (艾浒 唐人街)[7] is the second in Queens, in addition to Flushing's Chinatown. Previously a small area with Chinese shops on Broadway between 81st Street and Cornish Avenue, this newly evolved second Chinatown in Queens has now expanded to 45th Avenue and Whitney Avenue and is developing as a satellite of the Flushing Chinatown. It is Queens's second-biggest Chinese enclave*, behind Flushing.

In Chinese translation, Elmhurst is named 艾浒 (Àihǔ in Standard Chinese). There are also many other Southeast Asian businesses and shops in the area, including Malaysian Chinese, Singaporean Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese. Hong Kong Supermarket and New York Supermarket serve as the largest Chinese supermarkets selling different food varieties to this Elmhurst Chinatown. So far, the Asia Bank serves as the only Chinese bank and the main financial resource business for this thriving Chinatown, though HSBC, Chase, and other banks also are located in Elmhurst along Broadway. Like Flushing's Chinatown, it is also very highly populated by Mandarin speakers, although many also speak other varieties of Chinese.

An annexation of the Elmhurst Chinatown is the neighborhood of Corona, Queens.

* A removed United States