Primary Was a Bitter One Democrats have a two-to-one registration edge in the district, which includes Elmhurst, Ozone Park and Ridgewood.

Today, the schools in the district, which includes Corona and Elmhurst, operate at an average 140 percent of capacity.

The district includes Elmhurst, Ozone Park and Ridgewood.

"The bottom line is, there is not that much affordable housing in Queens," said Richard Italiano, district manager of Community Board 4, which includes Elmhurst.

The 110th Precinct, which includes Elmhurst, was second in Queens in the rate of murders, up 117 percent, and third in the number of murders, 26.

District 24 is a largely working-class community of single-family homes and apartment houses that includes Maspeth, Glendale, Middle Village, Corona and Elmhurst.

Mr. McCaffrey said it used to be that whoever won the 29th election district within the 30th State Assembly district, which includes Elmhurst, won the city.

In District 24, Vanessa's school district, which includes Elmhurst, 3,644 of the 8,048 bilingual students were born in the United States.

The population of the district, which also includes Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, is about 55 percent Hispanic, 20 percent Asian, 12 percent white and 9 percent black.

Primary infant/junior schools include Avalon, Brookside, Hindhayes, and Elmhurst.