Editing Broad Channel, Queens (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Virgilius RC n Christ Presb Ch jeh.jpg|thumb|Churches in Broad Channel]]
Based on data from the [[2010 United States Census]], the population of the combined area of [[Breezy Point, Queens|Breezy Point]]/[[Belle Harbor, Queens|Belle Harbor]]/[[Rockaway Park, Queens|Rockaway Park]]/Broad Channel was 28,018, an increase of 1,307 (4.9%) from the 26,711 counted in 2000. Covering an area of {{convert|2033.88|acres}}, the four neighborhoods had a population density of {{convert|13.8|PD/acre|PD/sqmi}}.<ref>[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010], Population Division - [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed July 16, 2016.</ref>

The racial makeup of the neighborhoods was 78.3% (21,946) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.5% (2,095) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.1% (595) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0% (29) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.0% (8) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.2% (66) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.9% (259) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.8% (3,020) of the population.<ref>[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010], Population Division - [[New York City]] Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed July 16, 2016.</ref>

<!-- Additional demographic (non-census) info -->The number of residents in Broad Channel itself is much lower: according to a ''New York Times'' article from 2010, there were roughly 3,000 residents on the island.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/nyregion/10metjournal.html|title=Broad Channel Loses Free Trips on Cross Bay Bridge|last=Santos|first=Fernanda|date=April 9, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 13, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A 2014 ''New York Times'' article said that many of Broad Channel's several thousand residents were civil servants or emergency workers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/nyregion/broad-channel-the-island-in-the-city.html|title=Bouncing Back|last=Kilgannon|first=Corey|date=October 25, 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 13, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2015, according to the Census Bureau's Opportunity Atlas, about 47% of 34-to-40-year-old adults who grew up in Broad Channel still resided in the neighborhood, compared to 20% of adults in that age range citywide who grew up near their childhood homes. This was among the highest resident retention rates of any neighborhood in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/real-estate/nyc-neighborhood-census-broad-channel-1-21941956/|title=Queens' Broad Channel neighborhood retains the most 34- to 40-year-old native residents in NYC, mapping tool shows|date=October 15, 2018|website=amNewYork|access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref>