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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]
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.
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.
Unlike neighborhoods in the other four boroughs, some Queens neighborhood names are used as the town name in postal addresses. For example, whereas the town, state construction for all addresses in Manhattan is New York, New York (except in Marble Hill, where Bronx, New York is used), and all neighborhoods in Brooklyn use Brooklyn, New York, residents of College Point would use the ...
DeKalb Avenue (/ d iː ˈ k æ l b / dee-KALB, / ˈ d iː k æ l b / DEE-kalb) is a thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, with the majority of its length in Brooklyn. It runs from Woodward Avenue (Linden Hill Cemetery) in Ridgewood, Queens to Downtown Brooklyn, terminating at the Fulton Mall where the Brooklyn Tower ...