11374 is located in the state of New York in the Metro New York City metro area. Zip code 11374 is primarily located in Queens County. The official postal service name used for 11374 is REGO PARK, New York.
organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc. Origin of social work. 1915-1920. First recorded in 1915-20. Related forms. social worker, noun.
The term is also sometimes used to refer specifically to the field of sociology, the original 'science of society', established in the 19th century. Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences as tools for understanding society, and so define science in its stricter modern sense.