Flushing, Queens
Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central part of the New York City borough of Queens, in the United States.
Manhattan Island, bounded by the East, Hudson, and Harlem Rivers, and also includes several small adjacent islands and Marble Hill, a small neighborhood on the mainland.
Population: 1,487,536
Latitude: 40° 47' 0.35" N
Longitude: -73° 57' 58.50" W
Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central part of the New York City borough of Queens, in the United States.
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