About Queens Village

Queens Village was founded as Little Plains in the 1640s

Queens Village is a mostly residential middle class neighborhood in the eastern part of the New York City borough of Queens.

Queens Village News: https://abc7ny.com/place/queens-village/

Queens Village neighborhoods: https://qns.com/neighborhoods/queens-village/

Education[edit]

Queens Village generally has a similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city as of 2018. While 38% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 13% have less than a high school education and 49% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.^[25]: 6 The percentage of Queens Village students excelling in math rose from 42% in 2000 to 59% in 2011, and reading achievement decreased slightly from 52% to 50% during the same time period.^[36]

Queens Village’s rate of elementary school student absenteeism is less than the rest of New York City. In Queens Village, 15% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, lower than the citywide average of 20%.^{[26]: 24 (PDF p. 55) [25]: 6} Additionally, 83% of high school students in Queens Village graduate on time, higher than the citywide average of 75%.^[25]: 6

Schools

Public schools are operated by the New York City Department of Education and include the following:

• P.S. 018 The Winchester School
• P.S./I.S. 295
• P.S. 33 Edward M Funk School
• P.S. 95 Eastwood School
• I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School
• M.S 172 Irwin Altman
• Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School
• P.S. 034 John Harvard School
• P.S. 135 The Bellaire School
• P.S.188
• Martin Van Buren High School

Private schools include:

• Saints Joachim and Anne School
• Grace Lutheran Day School
• St. Joseph’s Episcopal Day School
• Incarnation R.C. School

ZIP Codes: 11427, 11428, 11429
Community District: Queens 13
Area codes: 718, 347, 929, and 917