LGBT culture in New York City New York, geared toward the LGBT community, is located in Hell's Kitchen. Brooklyn is home to a large and growing number of same-sex couples. Same-sex marriages in New York were legalized on June 24, 2011 and were authorized to take place beginning 30 days thereafter. The Park Slope neighborhood spearheaded the popularity of Brooklyn among lesbians, and Prospect Heights has an LGBT residential presence. Numerous neighborhoods have since become home to LGBT communities. Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, Queens, are focal hubs for the transgender community of New York City. Astoria has an emerging LGBT presence. Queens is also becoming a
Plandome Heights, New York Plandome Heights, New York Plandome Heights is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 1,005 at the 2010 census. The village, incorporated in 1929, is in the Town of North Hempstead. It is the highest and southernmost of the Plandomes and is served by the Manhasset, New York school district. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 5.26% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 971 people, 324 households, and 268 families residing in the