Look out, Queens, because your bible is coming.
A 265-page book with intricate maps, historic photos and fascinating tidbits about the nation's most diverse county is already racking up requests on Amazon.com and was scheduled to hit shelves citywide last week.
"The Neighborhoods of Queens," edited by journalist Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, includes detailed community profiles that detail everything from boundaries and bus routes to ethnic makeup and landmarks.
"Each neighborhood was like a mini-book in and of itself," said Copquin, who spent about three years researching and writing the hardback tome. "It was labor-intensive, but it was really worth it."
Copquin, 46, was born in Argentina but grew up in Jackson Heights, now best known as the home of fictional heroine Betty Suarez from the hit ABC comedy "Ugly Betty."
Once farmland, the area underwent a transition in the early 1900s that brought rows of two-family, semiattached homes, apartment buildings - and, decades later, the Asian and South American immigrants that now occupy them.
"They take care of their neighborhoods," Copquin said. "That makes the borough fascinating and very appealing for anyone who wants to live there."
For all that progress, neighborhood namesake John C. Jackson, who built a road through the area in 1859, still couldn't get much love - the busy portion of what was Jackson Ave. there has been renamed Northern Blvd.
Copquin also dives into Forest Hills, where she lived after graduating from college, which is the childhood home of fictional superhero Peter Parker, better known as Spider-Man.
Other famous residents have included Helen Keller, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel and comedian Ray Romano.
The book (Yale University Press, $35) is also notable for its wealth of eye-catching photos, such as one of a dusty six-wheeler moving the 18th-century Kingsland Homestead from Murray Hill to downtown Flushing in 1968.
Copquin figured the book can serve many purposes - helping high school and college students learn about the borough and former Queens residents reminisce about their old neighborhoods.
"It was a fascinating project and, as grueling as it was, I enjoyed every second of it," Copquin said.
"It really is meant for everybody who lives in the borough."
