Queens, New York: The Most Ethnically Diverse Place in the World

Overview of the New York City borough of Queens. I examine various neighborhoods and ethnic enclaves of the borough, which has more languages spoken than any other city on Earth.

0:00 Intro
2:25 Astoria
2:46 Corona
2:57 Elmhurst
3:23 Flushing
4:00 Forest Hills
4:24 Jackson Heights
4:59 Jamaica
5:25 Laurelton
5:43 Maspeth
6:05 Rego Park
6:31 Richmond Hill/Little Guyana
7:21 Rockaway Beach
7:41 Woodside

Album displayed:
Heart - "Little Queen" (1977)

[eriklakeland]

Would love to see better rapid transit coverage in Queens. There are a lot of subway extensions to eastern Queens that need to happen, and I daydream about a new line connecting Jamaica and Flushing before continuing under Long Island Sound to the Bronx.

[bgabriel]

Nice to see Queens get some love. It's not as glamorous as manhattan, and not as hip as Brooklyn, but it probably has the best food of any of the boroughs. And what could be more important than that?

[TTM]

Wow, as a subscriber, I'm so proud you did this....and that you were just here! "Little Earth"! I love it! Hey... I LOVE living in Queens! It is the one place on Earth where I never feel like a minority or a majority! And you see what's great about America here, at work, the immigrant experience, the melting pot, the great mosaic of culture, kids going to school, of all kinds, it's incredible and beautiful and inspiring and actually makes one feel it really bums me out how so many in this country don't get that. I also love the architecture here, some gorgeous houses. And the food!

[davidburrow]

I love Queens. I really think it's a shame that so many people go to New York and only see Manhattan or perhaps the Brooklyn Bridge.

[DC-bhox]

I was born in Queens before moving up to Connecticut as a kid. My family is all from Ridgewood, a neighborhood that has been rated not only the coolest neighborhood in NYC, but one of the best in the world! There is still the old German culture there, later on there was a wave of Serb and Romanian, and most recently South American. Lots of history, and in my opinion, the best part of Queens.

[alistairt]

My mum got a flat in Elmhurst when I was a kid as she worked at a nearby hospital. I lived with my dad back in the UK. My dad and I would visit her when I was in my teens and spend time with her for a whole summer. I've never veen exposed to so much cultures just walking around the a 10 mile radius. It was so exciting discovering new neighboirhoods, trying new food, meeting new people and I'm so lucky that I got to experience it, compared to my peers back home. I think it has greatly shaped how I saw the world and my own personal views, and im grateful for that. I always recommend people to swing by Queens, especially the Chinatown at Flushing, when they visit New York. Such a fantastic and vibrant borough!

[Coltoid]

Toronto Canada is actually the most diverse place on Earth, recognized by the U.N.
51% of the city is foreign born, 230 different nationalities.
If you call 911 the operators can assist you in 240 languages.

[bigbabado]

I'd love for you to explore more of NYC and make more vids on the ethnic enclaves in the city! So many people mainly focus on Manhattan when visiting but there are many other areas where you might find cool stuff. Maybe another vid on the city could focus on Brooklyn!

[dtpugliese]

I lived in NYC for a short while and my biggest regret was not spending more time in queens. I walked and biked all over Manhattan and spend plenty of time in Brooklyn but only spent a handful of days actually exploring queens.

[trainluvr]

Lots of Queens content on my channel. You did a good job showing a cross section of the enclaves. A one hour video would not have been long enough to cover it all.

[slomojy]

Oh Kyle, thank you. I think I requested this a few weeks back! Oh, the food in Queens, hard not to mention. Hopefully you got to try the Night Market in Flushing. You covered a lot in just 3 days, but one sad omission is Ridgewood, Queens which borders Bushwick Brooklyn and is home to the oldest wooden structure in NYC, a 100+ year old pork store, and a growing number of artists. Hopefully Brooklyn is next!!

[luissmith]

I‘m watching this video in bern - switzerland and now i really wanna travel to queens. Sounds like an awesome place with influence from litteraly every culture

[dj-kqfz]

Like a lot of airline people I had a crash pad (a cheap rented place to stay between trips) in Queens. Enjoyed my time there immensely. Thanks Kyle!

[craigwhite]

I enjoyed this video I lived in Queens for over 50 years, so this was very familiar to me. I've always enjoyed the fact that you could walk 10 blocks in any direction in Queens and feel like you are in a completely different country

[elgreco]

I'm a Queens native and lived there until earlier this year (moved to Nassau County). The diversity is great but what tends to happen in neighborhoods is one group dominates after a while for better or for worse.

One other thing I'll mention while Astoria was very Greek at one point now it's more of a Greek-American theme park with restaurants and stores. Most ethnic Greeks have left the area mainly due to gentrification and rising costs. While there are still some Greeks there, especially by Ditmars boulevard, the amount of Greek that call Astoria home really is a fraction of what it once was.

[AlphaEta]

Queens is the best boro and is so underrated. Thank you for highlighting it

[markswishereatsstuff]

Urban Caffeine's channel is a great compliment to Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan quirky info.

[bnthern]

nicely presented - it's too bad so many enter NYC via the airports and there run off to elsewhere and miss the feel of and diversity of Queens

[ievgeniagodynskyi]

It's so nice to know something new about the borough! Thank you!

[timothyamancioau]

Awesome video! Love Quens. It kind of reminds of the Scarborough borough of Toronto.