Our Focus
BlaQue Community Cares exists to work with Black residents, creatives, and businesses in Queens, New York.
We work to turn the economic, cultural, and geographic strength of Black residents and businesses in Queens into permanent community infrastructure through ownership, business stability, and the preservation of Black history and legacy.
Born out of the BlaQue Resource Network, BCC operates with a clear scope centered on deeper, longer-term economic work.
Why This Matters
Queens is home to one of the largest Black populations in New York City, with a strong concentration in Southeast Queens. These neighborhoods include immigrants, homeowners, small business owners, artists, families, workers, and longtime residents who play a meaningful role in the borough’s civic and economic life.
Despite that presence, Black life in Queens has rarely been studied, documented, or understood on its own terms. When those realities are missing from how priorities and investments are shaped, decisions are made without a complete picture. That affects where resources go and which opportunities move forward.
BlaQue Community Cares exists to close that gap by bringing clearer insight into Black life in Queens. Queens is one of the few places where Black residents combine scale, stability, and proximity to opportunity, making it a critical place to invest in long-term growth. When Black residents and businesses in Queens are fully accounted for, investments land more accurately and everything functions more effectively.
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