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
Billington Heights, New York Billington Heights, New York Billington Heights is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Elma and Aurora in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,685 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Billington Heights is located at (42.785709, -78.619419). It is bordered to the south by the village of East Aurora and to the north by Elma Center. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,691 people, 664 households,