Flushing Workers

Unlike its industrial neighbors, Willets Point to the west and College Point to the north, downtown Flushing is a dense commercial district. Many  workers and customers come from the surrounding neighborhood and rely on bus, bike or foot. Finance, trade and wholesale companies, many with ties to east Asia, are major employers here; private van services connect Flushing with New York's other Chinatowns, in Lower Manhattan and Borough Park.

Among workers who travel to Flushing from other neighborhoods, transit commutes are long. The absence of efficient north-south connections means the only access to Jamaica and southeast Queens is via slow local buses.