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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.
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Van Wyck Expressway at 89th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens. Opened at Fulton (now Jamaica) Avenue and Canal (now 169th) Street on July 28, 1891, incorporated on February 20, 1892, moved to the east side of New York Avenue just north of South Street on June 18, 1898, moved to Van Wyck Boulevard on August 16, 1924.
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 ...
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 ...
Queens Hospital Center (QHC), also known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens [2] and originally called Queens General Hospital, is a large public hospital campus in the Jamaica Hills and Hillcrest neighborhoods of Queens in New York City. It is operated by NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation of the city.
A Flushing Hospital ambulance turning from Horace Harding Expressway north onto Utopia Parkway in Auburndale, Queens. MediSys Health Network owns and operates Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Flushing Hospital Medical Center. [11] [12] Its prior affiliations and management include the New York Presbyterian Healthcare Network. [13]
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A Jamaica-bound Q20B bus passing by the hospital on Main Street. The Booth Memorial Hospital in Flushing, Queens, New York City was "the largest voluntary hospital in Queens." [1] The hospital began in 1892 as a non-profit hospital in Manhattan. [4] The hospital moved to two other Manhattan locations in subsequent years. [5]