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  2. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of hospitals in Queens - Wikipedia

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    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 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. [14] [15 ...

  4. Queens Hospital Center - Wikipedia

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    [98] [99] Beginning in fall 1954, Queens Hospital Center and Queens College began an experimental two-year nursing program free of tuition, funded by a $50,000 grant from the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York (now the City University of New York). [100] [101] This program would evolve into the Queens Hospital Center School of ...

  5. Jamaica, Queens - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Jamaica Avenue - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica Avenue was part of a pre-Columbian trail for tribes from as far away as the Ohio River and the Great Lakes, coming to trade skins and furs for wampum.It was in 1655 that the first settlers paid the Native Americans with two guns, a coat, and some powder and lead, for the land lying between the old trail and "Beaver Pond", later Baisley Pond.

  7. Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Mary Immaculate Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Mary Immaculate Hospital is a former hospital in Queens, NY. It was part of the Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center network An attempt to save the hospital was made the hospital with a purchase by Jamaica Hospital.

  9. Queens Community Board 12 - Wikipedia

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    The Queens Community Board 12 is a local government in the New York City borough of Queens, encompassing the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Baisley Park, Rochdale Village, South Jamaica. [3] Queens Community Board 12 is the second largest Community Board in Queens, covering the largest area of the borough.