Social Distance: 0.1% of Queens voters visited early polling sites this weekend

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Eagle photo by David Brand

Eagle photo by David Brand

By David Brand

Queens voters have certainly practiced social distancing during the first early voting period of the COVID-19 era. 

Just 0.1 percent of Queens voters — 1,742 of nearly 1.3 million registered voters — visited one of 18 polling sites during the first two days of early voting, according to Board of Elections data. 

Citywide, 7,269 voters visited a polling place on Saturday and Sunday. 

The low turnout may be the result of the state’s mail-in ballot effort. For the first time, all registered voters can cast an absentee ballot if they submit their ballot application by June 16. Voters who cast their ballot by mail can still vote in-person — only the in-person vote will count.

Early voting ends June 21 in the primary elections for Queens borough president, 19 Queens assembly positions, seven state Senate seats and seven House seats. Primary day is June 23.

There are 18 early voting sites in Queens:

  • First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst, 100-10 Astoria Boulevard, East Elmhurst

  • Queensborough Elks Lodge No. 878, 82-20 Queens Boulevard, Flushing

  • Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria

  • Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30th Road, Long Island City

  • Rego Center Community Room, 61-00 97th Street, Rego Park

  • Holy Trinity Parish Church, 222-05 116th Avenue, Cambria Heights

  • Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard

  • The Boys' Club of New York - Abbe Clubhouse, 131-01 44th Road, Flushing

  • Korean Community Services, 203-05 32nd Avenue, Bayside

  • Rockaway YMCA, 207 Beach 73rd Street, Arverne

  • LaGuardia Community College, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City

  • Board of Elections - Queens Voting Machine Facility Annex, 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village

  • Queens Public Library at Jackson Heights, 35-51 81st Street, Jackson Heights

  • Creedmoor Hospital, 79-25 Winchester Boulevard, Queens Village

  • Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens

  • Resorts World Casino, 10-00 Rockaway Boulevard, South Ozone Park

  • York College, Academic Core Building, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica

  • Rochdale Village Community Center, 169-95 137th Avenue, Rochdale