South Ozone Park
neighborhood in the East of the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, New York City
South Ozone Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is just north of John F. Kennedy International Airport, between Aqueduct Racetrack to the west and the Van Wyck Expressway to the east. Adjacent neighborhoods include Ozone Park to the west; Richmond Hill to the north; Jamaica, South Jamaica, and Springfield Gardens to the east; and Howard Beach and Old Howard Beach to the southwest.
Rockaway Boulevard is South Ozone Park's main business strip. There is also a high concentration of small businesses along Liberty Avenue, which is also one of South Ozone Park's main source of revenue.
South Ozone Park is located in Queens Community District 10 and its ZIP Code is 11420. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 106th Precinct. Politically, South Ozone Park is represented by the New York City Council's 28th and 32nd Districts.
Demographics
South Ozone Park, which is stipulated as Neighborhood Tabulation Area QN1001 by the New York City Department of City Planning, had 79,540 inhabitants based on data from the 2020 United States Census and covered an area of 1,878.12 acres (760.05 ha). This was an increase of 3,662 persons (4.83%) from the 75,878 counted in 2010.
The public source identifies “South Ozone Park” as neighborhood in the East of the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, New York City. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around South, Ozone and Park.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “South Ozone Park”, the useful work is to connect “neighborhood in the East of the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, New York City” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q58987. VIAF identifies the subject as 123453583. The Library of Congress control number is no95037987. Authority coordinates are 40.676, -73.812. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2010.
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This entry incorporates text from “South Ozone Park” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.