Bayswater, Queens

Neighborhood of Queens in New York City

40°36′18″N 73°45′54″W / 40.605°N 73.765°W / 40.605; -73.765Country

United StatesState

New YorkCity

New York CityCounty/Borough

QueensCommunity DistrictQueens 14^[2]Population

(2019)

• Total19,128 ^[1]Race and Ethnicity

• Black47% • Hispanic^[a]27% • White21% • Asian4% • Multiracial1%Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)ZIP Code

11691

Area codes 718, 347, 929, and 917

Bayswater is a small neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the eastern end of the Rockaway Peninsula. The community is located to the northwest of Far Rockaway, along the southeastern shore of Jamaica Bay.

One of Bayswater's early developers was William Trist Bailey, who had purchased the property and laid out the community around 1878, hence the street names Bailey Court and Trist Place.^[3] Once the location of a number of summer hotels such as the Elstone Park and the Sunset Lodge, Bayswater is now a year-round residential neighborhood. Bayswater has a diverse population with large numbers of Black and Orthodox Jewish residents. The Bayswater Civic Association represents the area.

Bayswater is located in Queens Community District 14 and its ZIP Code is 11691.^[4] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 101st Precinct.

Notes

^ Hispanic includes respondents of any race. Other categories are non-Hispanic.

References

^ "Bayswater Demographics and Statistics". www.niche.com. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
^ "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ "The Rockaways". Retrieved October 2, 2007. The Bayswater section was laid out about 1878 by William Trist Bailey, who purchased the property from J.B. and W. W. Cornell. The first Rockaway hunt with hounds started from this spot and the first yacht club was erected there.
^ "11691 – Neighborhood Explorer". neighborhoodexplorer.cityofnewyork.us. Retrieved 2023-11-02.