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In 1883, the Long Island Rail Road opened its Atlantic Branch to Brooklyn, making Jamaica a suburb of New York City. The residents held a fundraiser in 1883 and collected $179.40 (equivalent to $5,866 in 2023). This money was saved until the Jamaica Hospital was opened in 1891 near what is now Jamaica Avenue and 169th Street.
Mary Immaculate Hospital, 152–11 89th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens. Founded in 1902, closed in February 2009. [52] [53] Memorial Hospital of Queens, 175-10 88th Avenue, Flushing. [54] Midland General Hospital, 175-10 88th Avenue, Jamaica. Opened in the 1920s and closed in 1963. Neponsit Beach Hospital for Children, Neponsit, Queens.
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.It has a popular large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis, St Albans, and Cambria Heights to the east; South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Springfield Gardens to the south; Laurelton and Rosedale to the southeast ...
The new Queens Hospital Center, which cost $147 million to construct, [133] was opened December 5, 2001, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Mayor Giuliani. [3] [10] Due to the closures of nearby St. Joseph's Hospital and Mary Immaculate Hospital around 2005, Queens Hospital Center saw increases in patients. [21]
Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) Maxfield Park Medical Center; Medical Associates Hospital (private) National Chest Hospital (NCH) Nuttall Memorial Hospital (private) Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Center; St. Joseph's Hospital; University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH)
J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building is a historic commercial building in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It was built in 1931 and is a six-story, steel-frame building with two decorated sides in the Art Deco style. It is three bays by six bays and features a metal-framed windows with stepped pylon motif rising through all four ...
Two people suspected of squatting were killed in a raging Queens garage fire Saturday morning, officials said. The fire erupted around 6:30 a.m. at 172-27th Ave. in Jamaica, an FDNY spokesman said.
Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis or Triboro Tuberculosis Hospital, later simply Triboro Hospital and now known as "Building T" [2] or the "T Building", [3] [4] [5] is a former municipal tuberculosis sanatorium and later a general hospital located on the campus of Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. Completed in 1941, it ...