Floral Park is a middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is adjacent to the Village of Floral Park, which is in Nassau County. It may be distinguished from the latter by the use of the designation "North Floral Park" with a ZIP code of 11004. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 13. Floral Park is a middle-class neighborhood that consists mostly of Cape Cod-style houses. Most of the houses were built after World War II to accommodate returning soldiers. Veterans today make up 11 percent of all residents in Floral Park, versus 6 percent citywide.Union Turnpike is the border between the neighborhoods, with Glen Oaks to the north. The other boundaries of Floral Park are roughly Little Neck Parkway (252nd Street) to the west, Langdale Street to the east, and a diagonal boundary from Hillside at 271th Street to Jericho Turnpike at 257th Street to the south. The neighborhood is in close proximity to the Cross Island Parkway and the Grand Central Parkway.MTA New York City Transit buses serve Floral Park on the local routes (the latter also has a Little Neck Parkway branch during weekdays) and. MTA Bus Company operates the express buses, to Midtown Manhattan. The neighborhood is also served by Nassau Inter-County Express on the. The Floral Park station, located in Nassau County proper, is the closest service on the Long Island Rail Road Hempstead Branch which travels to Jamaica station and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.
