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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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Jamaica–Van Wyck station (/ v æ n ˈ w ɪ k / van WIK) [4] is a station on the IND Archer Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located on the west side of the Van Wyck Expressway between Metropolitan Avenue and 89th Avenue on the border of Jamaica [5] and Richmond Hill, Queens. [6] [7] It is served by the E train at all times.
After terminating in Jamaica, the Q111, Q113, and Q114 buses run from Hillside Avenue to Archer Avenue for their opposite terminals. The Q112 follows suit but its Jamaica terminus is at 89th Avenue and it leaves at Jamaica Avenue, along with most Q110 buses from 88th Avenue. The Electchester-bound Q64 runs from Jewel Avenue to 71st Avenue.
Jamaica-bound Q43 buses from Hillside head west on Jamaica Avenue instead. South from Jamaica Avenue, the Q6 goes to Rockaway Boulevard, the Q8 and Q9 head to Liberty Avenue, the Q41 runs to 94th Avenue (Howard Beach) or from 95th Avenue (165th Street Terminal), and the Q60 runs to Archer Avenue (Sutphin/Archer/JFK station), 108th Avenue (South ...
South Jamaica (also commonly known as "Southside") is a residential neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, located south of downtown Jamaica.Although a proper border has not been established, the neighborhood is a subsection of greater Jamaica bounded by the Long Island Rail Road Main Line tracks, Jamaica Avenue, or Liberty Avenue to the north; the Van Wyck Expressway on the ...
Jamaica Estates is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Jamaica Estates is part of Queens Community District 8 [1] and located in the northern portion of Jamaica. It is bounded by Union Turnpike to the north, Hillside Avenue to the south, Utopia Parkway and Homelawn Street to the west, and 188th Street to the east. The main ...