Jamaica Hills, Queens
Jamaica Hills is a small middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is surrounded by Hillcrest (at the Grand Central Parkway to the north), Jamaica Estates (at Homelawn Street, a continuation of Utopia Parkway, to the east), Jamaica (at Hillside Avenue to the south), and Briarwood (at Parsons Boulevard to the west). It is centered on the terminal moraine that runs the length of Long Island. Originally populated with people who left neighborhoods under ethnic transition, Jamaica Hills started to become more ethnically diverse after 1964. The population today is very mixed with a large South Asian population and smaller populations from the Caribbean, Central America, and China. Because of the opening of a Greek Orthodox church in the 1960s, many Greek immigrants also live in the area. Jamaica Hills is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 107th Precinct.[1]
References
- ^ Beyer, Gregory (2010-08-27). "A Singular Place With Plural Ethnicities". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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- Captain Tilly Park
- Foch Sitting Area
- Proctor-Hopson Circle
- Prospect Cemetery
- Roy Wilkins Park
- Springfield Park
- Al-Iman School
- Archbishop Molloy High School
- August Martin High School
- Children's Library Discovery Center
- Dominican Commercial High School
- Hillcrest High School
- Jamaica High School
- The Mary Louis Academy
- Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School
- Queens High School for the Sciences
- Thomas A. Edison High School
- York College
- The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens
- First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica
- First Reformed Church
- Grace Episcopal Church Complex
- Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York
- Jamaica First German Presbyterian Church
- Masjid Al-Mamoor
- St. Monica's Church
structures
- 85-15 Wareham Place
- Baisley Park Houses
- Belson Stadium
- Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building
- Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
- Jamaica Savings Bank
- 146-21 Jamaica Avenue
- 161-02 Jamaica Avenue
- King Manor
- Jamaica Race Course
- J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building
- La Casina
- Loew's Valencia Theatre
- Queens Detention Facility
- Sidewalk clock on Jamaica Avenue
- South Jamaica Houses
- Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis
- United States Post Office
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- Beaver Pond
- Jamaica Bay
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
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