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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.
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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 ...
Metropolitan Avenue is a major east-west street in Queens and northern Brooklyn, New York City. Its western end is at the East River in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the eastern end at Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The avenue was constructed in 1816 as the Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike, though previously it served as an Indian trail.
The New York City Water Board was established in 1905. It sets water and sewer rates for New York City sufficient to pay the costs of operating and financing the system, and collects user payments from customers for services provided by the water and wastewater utility systems of the City of New York.
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 ...
Feds, city to crack down on animal sacrifices in NYC’s Jamaica Bay after dog-carcass with snapped neck, wounded pigs found Matthew Sedacca September 14, 2024 at 4:44 AM
The 121st Street station is a skip-stop station on the elevated BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of 121st Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, Queens, [6] [7] it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and the J train at all other times.