Residents in very louvred part of New York (6)

I believe the answer is:

queens

'part of new york' is the definition.
(I know that Queens part of New York City)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for queens that I've seen before include "Borough of New York City for monarchs" , "[COLLEGE] < Tennis club" , "Borough of NYC for the royals" , "Most powerful pieces in chess games" , "powerful men on board" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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