This Koreatown has continued to expand rapidly eastward alongside Northern Boulevard through the Queens neighborhoods of Murray Hill,[5] Auburndale,[6] Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck.

As the community grew in socioeconomic status and population, Koreans moved eastward along Northern Boulevard, buying homes[5] in more affluent and less crowded Queens neighborhoods, and into the adjacent Nassau County, by the early 21st century.

[2] This expansion has led to the creation of an American Meokjagolmok, or Korean Restaurant Street, around the Long Island Rail Road station in Murray Hill, Queens, exuding the ambiance of Seoul itself.

[2] The eastward pressure to expand was also created by the inability to move westward, inhibited by the formidable presence of the enormous Flushing Chinatown centered on Main Street.

[20] According to The New York Times, a "Kimchi Belt" stretches along Northern Boulevard and the Long Island Rail Road tracks, from Flushing into Nassau County.

As noted above, the development of this Koreatown has led to the creation of an American Meokjagolmok, or Korean Restaurant Street, around the Long Island Rail Road station in Murray Hill, Queens, exuding the ambiance of Seoul itself.