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Flushing Commuters

Map posted May 25, 2010

Where Flushing Residents Work and
How They Get There

Flushing is one of many Queens neighborhoods where more commuters use cars - either driving alone or with one or more companions - to get to work than use any other form of transportation. Most subway riders, no matter what their destinations, face long commutes, with three in four taking daily rides of more than 45 minutes each way.

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Flushing Workers

Map posted May 25, 2010

Unlike its industrial neighbors Willets Point to the west and College Point to the north, downtown Flushing is a commerce district whose workers and customers largely come from the surrounding neighborhood and rely on bus, bike or foot. Finance, trade and wholesale companies, many with ties to east Asia, are major employers here.

Among workers who come from outside Flushing, subway commutes are long. A lack of north-south rapid transit options means the only access to southeast Queens is via slow local buses.

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Willets Point

Project posted April 16, 2009

Community Planning for Economic Development

As the City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) moves to redevelop Willets Point, an industrial area nestled between Corona and Flushing north of Flushing Meadows Park, the Pratt Center for Community Development facilitated a series of workshops to identify and prioritize the concerns of area residents, business owners and workers.

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