Created out of Popular Queens Neighborhoods Queens is more than just a borough. ItÆs a living, breathing being. Generation after generation people are proud when they tell others they are from Queens. Its not the buildings, the landmarks or the streets that makes Queens what it is û itÆs the people and the communities that give queens its character. There is no better way to celebrate Queens than to highlight all the names of the communities that make Queens like no other place in the world.