Auburndale, Queens

Auburndale is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens, between Bayside and Murray Hill. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 11.

The name comes from Auburndale, Massachusetts, the home of L. H. Green, president of the New England Development and Improvement Company, who started developing the community in 1901 when the Long Island Rail Road started offering train service to the area. Cohen, Joyce. "Placid Diversity Convenient to Manhattan", The New York Times, October 20, 1996. Accessed December 16, 2007. "The neighborhood is the namesake of Auburndale, Mass., a Boston suburb and the hometown of L. H. Green, The area is the site of the Long Island Rail Road Auburndale station on the Port Washington Branch, providing regular service to and from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.

Schools
New York City Department of Education operates Auburndale's public schools.

Libraries
Queensborough Public Library operates the Auburndale Branch.