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Bayside Information
Bayside is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York
in the United States. It is a relatively affluent suburban/urban neighborhood.
Bayside has been included in CNN Money's list of Most Expensive Housing Markets,
and was also a contender for CNN Money's ranking of Best Places to Live 2005,
and Best Places to Retire 2005.
Bayside is located in northeastern Queens, and is part of Queens Community Board
11. Its geographical boundaries are: Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, 223rd
Street to the east, Grand Central Parkway to the south, and Cross Island
Parkway/Little Neck Bay to the north. Bayside is bordered by neighboring
communities Douglaston/Little Neck to the east, Auburndale to the west, and
Oakland Gardens to the south.
Bay Terrace is a community of garden apartments located in the north section of the neighborhood; an adjacent shopping center was named after the community. The northern section of Bay Terrace also has a view of the Throgs Neck Bridge, which leads to The Bronx. The Coast Guard station at Fort Totten is located at the northernmost point of the neighborhood, Willets Point.
Bayside's major highways include the Long Island Expressway, Clearview Expressway, and the Cross Island Parkway. Bayside is also connected to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and Long Island by the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch at the Bayside station.
Francis Lewis Boulevard is a major street notorious for drag racing, which has resulted in several fatalities to drivers and pedestrians over the years.
Bayside is a very diverse neighborhood with many ethnic minorities but few racial tensions. The Bayside population is predominantly White and Asian, but includes substantial populations of Chinese, Italian, Korean, Irish, Hispanic, Russian, Greek, and Jewish residents. Out of the 34,539 residents of Bayside (zip code 11361) as of the 2000 census, 61.7% of residents were born in the United States, and 37.1% were foreign-born. Half of Bayside households speak English only at home, while the other half speak non-English languages in their households.
Bayside contains 13,977 housing units. The majority of Bayside residents are part of family households, with an average household size of 2.54 individuals. The median age of Bayside's citizens is 41.5 years, and 18.1% of residents are senior citizens. 86.6% of residents age 25 and over have at least graduated from high school, while 38.4% have a bachelor's degree or higher, making Bayside a more educated community than the average American neighborhood. The median household income as of 1999 is $54,031, and 88% of all households own at least one car.
Bayside is part of public school district 26, the highest performing school district for grades K-9 in all of New York City. District 26 includes 20 elementary schools and 5 middle schools.
Bayside is home to a number of New York City high schools:
* Bayside High School
* Benjamin Cardozo High School
* St. Francis Preparatory School
Bayside is also home to the following colleges:
* Queensborough Community College (CUNY) system.