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Briarwood is a middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located northwest of Jamaica and roughly bounded by Queens Boulevard, Parsons Boulevard, Union Turnpike, and Hillside Avenue. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 8.〔(Queens Community Boards ), New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.〕 It lies in the northern half of the 11435 zip code. The neighborhood is named for the Briarwood Land Company, headed by Herbert O'Brien, which built housing there beginning in 1905. However, the company quickly went bankrupt and the area was largely empty until the 1920s. The New York Life Insurance Company and the United Nations constructed housing in the 1940s; United States diplomat Ralph Bunche and feminist writer Betty Friedan have lived there. The lack of major landmarks in the neighborhood coupled with its small size have caused Briarwood to remain relatively unknown. The local ZIP Code 11435 is actually designated as Jamaica. Parkway Village, a garden apartment complex initially built for United Nations employees is also in Briarwood and, in years past, lent the area a very international flavor with families from all over the world living there and attending the local public schools. ==Demographics== Briarwood is a very diverse community, with lead fractions of the population being African-Americans (36.6%) and European-Americans (30.2%). It has many Bukharian Jewish, Greek, Hispanic, African American, Arab, and South American residents. It now has a distinguishable and fast-growing Asian American (14.4%) community as well.〔(11435 5-Digit ZCTA, 114 3-Digit ZCTA, New York - DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 )〕 This is a marked change from the post-war period (1950s-80s) when the neighborhood was almost exclusively white, with a large and active Jewish community. Economic activity is mostly confined to small restaurants, delis, markets, and other small businesses. The neighborhood is known to be very inexpensive and provide affordable housing to middle-class families. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Briarwood, Queens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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