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The Queens Community Board 2 is a local advisory group in
Ancient Glacier Rock () is a glacial erratic in the Long Island City section of
File:12 St 43 Rd boulder jeh.jpg, The erratic in 2011
File:Boulder 43 Rd 12 St sunny jeh.jpg, In 2011 the erratic was used for parking
File:Nyc ancientglacier loz DSC01198.jpg, A closer shot of the erratic in Jan 2024
File:Nyc ancientglacier loz DSC01196.jpg, A close up of the erratic in 2024
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, encompassing the neighborhoods of Hunters Point, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside, in the borough
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of Queens
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. It is delimited by the East River on the west; Bridge Plaza North, the Long Island Rail Road
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and Northern Boulevard on the north; New York Connecting Railroad on the east; and Newtown Creek on the south.
Demographics
As of the 2000 United States census, the Community Board had a population of 109,920, up from 94,845 in 1990 and 88,930 in1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
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Of these (as of 2000), 33,877 (30.8%) were non-Hispanic White, 2,158 (2.0%) were African-American, 29,380 (26.7%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 184 (0.2%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 550 (0.5%) were of some other race, 3,732 (3.4%) were non-Hispanic of two or more races, and 40,039 (36.4%) were of Hispanic origins.
Geography
The land area is .Ancient Glacier Rock
Ancient Glacier Rock () is a glacial erratic in the Long Island City section of Queens
Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the ...
, New York City
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. Until the late 2010s, the street area next to it was largely ignored by city planners, unusable by car traffic, often surrounded by litter and used for parking for employees of a nearby business.
In April 2019, the New York City Department of Transportation made a proposal to the Queens Community Board 2 to convert it into a "Street Seat area" under the Street Seats program, which creates public areas for use in the warmer months. The plan was approved and the area was opened later that year.
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140517043120/http://cb2queens.org/External links
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