The
Queens Community Board 1 is a local advisory group in
New York City, encompassing the
neighborhoods of
Astoria,
Long Island City,
Queensbridge,
Ditmars,
Ravenswood,
Steinway, Garden Bay, and
Woodside, in the
Borough of
Queens. It also includes
Rikers Island, the citywide correctional complex, which is within the Borough of
the Bronx but connected by its only bridge to Astoria. The Board's district is delimited by the
East River on both west and north, by the
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the east, and by
Northern Boulevard, the
Long Island Rail Road and Bridge Plaza North on the south.