Malba

 neighbourhood, residential neighbourhood

Malba is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Malba is bounded to the north by the East River, to the east by the Whitestone Expressway, to the south by 15th Avenue, and to the west by 138th Street.

It is an upper middle-class neighborhood on the waterfront which is home to some of the largest and most expensive private houses in New York City, Its name is derived from the first letters of the surnames of its five founders of the Malba Land Company: Maycock, Alling, Lewis, Bishop, and Avis. Malba is sometimes considered part of the Whitestone neighborhood lying immediately to the east, one of the most affluent communities in Queens.

Demographically, the population is mostly white and of European descent (Greek, Irish, Italian, and Jewish), with a small minority of Asian Americans. Most of the residential properties in Malba are large homes. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community District 7, served by Queens Community Board 7.

www.malba.org