Queens Community Board 9
Encyclopedia
The Queens Community Board 9 is a local government in the New York City
borough
of Queens
, encompassing the neighborhoods of Richmond Hill
, Woodhaven
, Ozone Park
and Kew Gardens
. It is delimited by the Brooklyn
border to the West, Park Lane and Union Turnpike
to the North, Van Wyck Expressway
to the East and 103rd Avenue on the South.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
borough
Borough (New York City)
New York City, one of the largest cities in the world, is composed of five boroughs. Each borough now has the same boundaries as the county it is in. County governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county...
of Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
, encompassing the neighborhoods of Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill, Queens
Richmond Hill is a neighborhood in central-southern Queens, New York City, USA. It is bordered by Kew Gardens to the north, Woodhaven and Ozone Park to the west, South Ozone Park to the south and South Jamaica to the east...
, Woodhaven
Woodhaven, Queens
Woodhaven is a middle-class neighborhood located in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.Woodhaven is bordered on the north by a public park, Forest Park, and Park Lane South. Woodhaven also borders Richmond Hill to the east, and Ozone Park to the south at Atlantic Avenue...
, Ozone Park
Ozone Park, Queens
Ozone Park is a working class neighborhood located in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens bordering Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach, and City Line, Brooklyn....
and Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens, Queens
Kew Gardens is a triangular-shaped neighborhood in central Queens bounded to the north by the Jackie Robinson Parkway , to the east by Van Wyck Expressway and 131st Street, to the south by Hillside Avenue, and to the west by Park Lane, Abingdon Road and 118th Street...
. It is delimited by the Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
border to the West, Park Lane and Union Turnpike
Union Turnpike (New York)
Union Turnpike is a thoroughfare stretching across central and eastern Queens in New York City. It runs from Myrtle Avenue in Glendale to Marcus Avenue in North New Hyde Park, about a mile into Nassau County, New York. Initially designed as a toll road, it takes a straight-arrow path from Kew...
to the North, Van Wyck Expressway
Interstate 678
Interstate 678 is a north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway that extends for through two boroughs of New York City. The route begins at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Jamaica Bay and travels north through Queens and across the East River to the Bronx, where it ends at...
to the East and 103rd Avenue on the South.
List of members
This is a complete list of current members of Queens Community Board 9:- Andrea Crawford (Kew Gardens) - Chairperson
- Ivan Mravovcic (Richmond Hill) - 1st Vice Chairperson
- Rabbi Daniel Pollack (Kew Gardens) - 2nd Vice Chairperson
- Regina Santoro (Richmond Hill) - Executive Secretary
- Akthar Ali
- Evelyn Baron
- Ragjinder Singh Bawa
- Dulal Bhattachrjee
- Wallace Bock
- Latchman Budhai
- John Carter
- Thomas Chiofolo
- James Coccovillo
- Nick Comaianni
- Sandra Datnarain
- Richard S. David
- Joan DeCamp
- Palo Dedvukaj
- Anton Dietrich
- H. Singh Duggal
- Sam Esposito
- Stephen Esposito
- Dr. Vincent Evangelista
- Susan Farrell
- Jan Fenster
- Ralph Gonzalez
- Sylvia Hack
- Sherman Kane
- Balbis Kour
- Priscilla Levine
- Robert Mangieri
- Allen Maurer
- Joseph Iaboni
- Scott E. Jordan
- Kevin O’Leary
- O. Rampershad
- Mohamed Safie
- Ragbir Singh
- J. Richard Smith
- Dr. Stephen Sofer
- Maria Thomson
- Joseph Todisco
- Marie Turley
- Naidoo Veerapen
- Clark Whitsett