Auburndale | |
|---|---|
 Opening of the Auburndale library branch in 2010 | |
 Location within New York City | |
| Coordinates: 40°45′18″N 73°47′06″W / 40.755°N 73.785°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City |  New York City |
| County/Borough |  Queens |
| Community District | Queens 11[1] |
| Founded by | L. H. Green |
| Named for | Auburndale, Massachusetts |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 11358 |
| Area codes | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
Auburndale is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens, between Bayside and Murray Hill.
The name comes from Auburndale, Massachusetts, the home of L. H. Green who developed the community starting in 1901, when the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) started offering train service to the area.[2] Today, the Auburndale station on the LIRR's Port Washington Branch continues to provide regular service to and from Manhattan.[3]
Auburndale is located in Queens Community District 11 and its ZIP Code is 11358.[1] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 111th Precinct.
- ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ Cohen, Joyce. "Placid Diversity Convenient to Manhattan", The New York Times, October 20, 1996. Accessed December 16, 2007. "The neighborhood is the namesake of Auburndale, Mass., a Boston suburb and the hometown of L. H. Green, who was president of the New England Development and Improvement Company. It started developing the area's farmland in 1901, the same year that Long Island Rail Road service arrived."
- ^ Auburndale, Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Accessed August 2, 2016.