Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where do people in your community gather or socialize?
  - How and where does your community access services (healthcare, transportation, educational services, etc.)?

Examples of activities and services: Shopping areas, schools and universities, libraries, parks, lakes, rivers, places of worship, healthcare services, public transport, local nonprofit organizations, etc.

Your response: 1. People in my community socialize at various locations including the local library, some of the many NYC park and playgrounds, and various religious centers. The biggest area of socializing in the community is Alley Pond Park, a large NYC public park with an expansive running trail, baseball fields, a picnic area, and a playground. People also socialize at various elementary school playgrounds in the area to hang out or play basketball. There is also a Catholic Church called American Martyrs where the catholic community in the area attends, as well as a Jewish center.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What are the cultural bonds in your community?
  - If your community has a shared history, what is it?

Examples of cultural or historical interests: Religious groups, ethnic groups, languages, age groups, immigration status, historic or arts districts, etc.

Your response: 2. There is a large Korean Community in the area so there are a lot of stores appealing to the Korean community including a kimbab restaurant, two Korean Barbeque places, as well as a Korean supermarket. In the past there was a large Jewish community in the area but over the years that population has been dwindling. There are is also smaller ethnic communities like the Muslim and south asian communities as well as a small African American Community.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where are residents employed?
  - If there are environmental concerns in your community, what are they?

Examples of economic or environmental interests: Tourism industry, agricultural workers, mining town, manufacturing center, polluted natural resource, unemployment problem, etc.

Your response: 3. A large portion of the community commutes to Manhattan for work, making the community reliant on the Queens express bus service as well as the other local bus lines that connect to the NYC subway system and the Long Island Railroad. The environmental concerns in the community are mostly to keep the parks and the streets clean. Also, since the community is made up of mostly apartment complexes most of the garbage in the area is consolidated to large dumpsters within the complexes that tend to overfill and leave trash blowing around on a windy day, concerning residents.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What should politicians and/or map drawers know about your community?
  - What are the needs of your community?
  - Is there anything else you want to tell us about your community?

Examples of needs or concerns: Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, shared policy concerns, need for a social service, relationship to other nearby communities, issues with current district lines

Your response: 4. Map drawers should know that a community of renters exist within this area and that this community is diverse economically and culturally and has its own needs separate from the rest of the area. Rising rents is a major concern for this community of renters. The need for better transportation is also a major concern of the community with many residents reliant on the MTA bus service to get to work. Also, crime is a growing concern among my community with a few instances of violent crime occurring in the past few months.