Queens Tutors

About Queens

Queens, New York, is one of the five boroughs that extend from the central hub of New York City. With over 2 million people that live within its community borders, Queens is the largest of the boroughs as well. Popularized by shows that take place in the Big Apple, Queens’ reputation is one of thick New York accents, pizzerias, and working class families. Beyond stereotypes, however, Queens takes pride in its being the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.

People from across the globe end up living in Queens, bringing with them their unique cultural traditions and cuisines. Nearly half of the population is non-native born in Queens, and of that population, 49.5% come from Latin America, 33.5% come from Asia, 14.8% come from Europe, and 1.8% from the continent of Africa. As a result, Queens is a cross-cultural mix of languages. In fact, there are 138 languages spoken in Queens. According to the most recent census, over 20% of its residents speak Spanish at home, and 16.8% speak other Indo-European languages at home. 13.5% speak Asian languages at home. However, this does not mean one hears English only while traversing the streets of Queens: cadences of Arabic, Mandarin, Bangladeshi, Spanish, and even Yiddish, commonly spoken among Orthodox Jewish communities that call Queens home, permeate the atmosphere and the smells of exotic food coming from restaurants that go for miles and miles mean no one should ever have a bad meal in this special borough.

Authentic Asian, Latin American, and Indian food is found across the borough, with hip fusion places also popular destinations for visitors and residents. Often, the cuisine is representative of the vast diversity found in Queens, and the food of a particular neighborhood often matches and represents its primary demographics. One thing is for certain: Queens residents take pride in their countries of origin—wherever they may be—and in doing so, collectively take pride in the borough of Queens itself.

Queens has seen a recent boom in real estate, which makes its neighborhoods highly desirable now, compared to decades’ past. The borough is shedding its working-class, brash stereotype, becoming a hip gathering place for people who want to participate in the thriving culture of the borough. The contribution of the diverse cuisines, languages, and tight community built up over years and years has drawn literally millions to this thriving region of New York.

Grade Potential tutors are accessible to all student populations of Queens, serving clients of all backgrounds and abilities who are looking for academic success. Multi-lingual, smart, sensitive, and experts in their fields, tutors do the work of strengthening the community. They also reach people one-on-one, individually, to help them discover the path to success specific to their needs; finding the one in the 2+ million is the special work of Grade Potential tutors of Queens.