Queens Community Board 12

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| official_name = Queens Community District 12

| other_name = Queens Community Board 12

| settlement_type = Community District

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| map_caption = Location in Queens

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|New York}}

| subdivision_type2 = City

| subdivision_name2 = New York City

| subdivision_type3 = Borough

| subdivision_name3 = Queens

| parts_type = Neighborhoods

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| p1 = Baisley Park

| p2 = Hollis

| p3 = Jamaica

| p4 = Rochdale Village

| p5 = St. Albans

| p6 = South Jamaica

| p7 = Springfield Gardens

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| government_type = Community board

| governing_body = Queens Community Board 12

| leader_title = Chairperson

| leader_name = Rev. Carlene O. Thorbs

| leader_title1 = District Manager

| leader_name1 = Yvonne Reddick

| unit_pref = US

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_sq_mi = 9.6

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| population_as_of = 2016

| population_total = 244,302

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| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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| demographics_type2 = Ethnicity

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| demographics2_title1 = African-American

| demographics2_info1 = 61.2%

| demographics2_title2 = Asian

| demographics2_info2 = 12.5%

| demographics2_title3 = Hispanic and Latino Americans

| demographics2_info3 = 16.7%

| demographics2_title4 = White

| demographics2_info4 = 1.7%

| demographics2_title5 = Others

| demographics2_info5 = 7.7%

| timezone1 = Eastern

| utc_offset1 = −5

| timezone1_DST = EDT

| utc_offset1_DST = −4

| postal_code_type = ZIP codes

| postal_code = 11412, 11423, 11433,11434, 11435, and 11436

| area_code_type = Area codes

| area_codes = 718, 347, and 929, and 917

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• 103rd ({{URL|www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/103rd-precinct.page|website}})
• 113th ({{URL|www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/113th-precinct.page|website}})

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| website = {{URL|www1.nyc.gov/site/queenscb12/index.page}}

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| footnotes = {{cite web|title=NYC Planning {{!}} Community Profiles|url=https://communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov/queens/12|website=communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov|access-date=June 18, 2020}}

{{cite web|title=qn12_profile.pdf|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NYCPlanning/labs-cd-files/master/static-profiles/qn12_profile.pdf|website=docs.google.com|publisher=NYC Department of Planning|access-date=June 18, 2020|language=en}}

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The Queens Community Board 12 is a local government in the New York City borough of Queens, encompassing the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Baisley Park, Rochdale Village, South Jamaica.[https://www.nyc.gov/site/cau/community-boards/queens-boards.page Queens Boards], New York City. Accessed January 26, 2024. Queens Community Board 12 is the second largest Community Board in Queens, covering the largest area of the borough. Comprising districts 28, 29 and part of 27, Queens Community Board 12’s northern boundary is Hillside Avenue; eastern boundaries are Francis Lewis Boulevard (between Hillside Avenue and Springfield Boulevard) and Springfield Boulevard (between Francis Lewis Boulevard and the Belt Parkway); southern boundary is the Belt Parkway and western boundary is the Van Wyck Expressway. Downtown Jamaica serves as one of New York City’s major regional retail, employment and transportation hubs; is home to educational, theatre/arts, governmental and civic facilities, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Regional Laboratory, Social Security Administration offices, Queens Family, Queens Civil Court, and Supreme Courts, York College, City University of New York, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning and The Jamaica Performing Arts Center.