Deleted image removed File queens jamaica.jpg SouthJamaica , known colloquially as Southside & Southside JamaicaQueens , is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens , located south of downtown Jamaica, QueensJamaica , the Long Island Rail Road tracks Jamaica Avenue and Liberty Avenue. The western border is the Van Wyck Expressway , and it continues in the east towards the neighboring community of St. Albans, Queens St. Albans and to Merrick Road Merrick Boulevard . SouthJamaica is largely African American , with increasing numbers of Mexican people Mexican and West Indian immigrants moving into the community in recent decades. Also, a small population of Pakistanis , Bangladeshis , Guyana Guyanese , Haiti ans, and Trinidadian s live in this area. The area is largely a working class community consisting primarily of suburban one and two family houses and a number of smaller apartment buildings, along with some public housing projects. The AirTrain JFK route starts at the Jamaica LIRR station Jamaica station and continues towards John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK International Airport on its elevated route over the Van Wyck Expressway. The Baisley Park Houses and SouthJamaica Houses NYCHA housing project s are located in this community. SouthJamaica has one of the highest crime rates in Queens in the borough of New York City, behind the Far Rockaway area. Notable residents Pharoahe Monch , Rapper. Lamar Odom , NBA Basketball Player for the Dallas Mavericks ... up in SouthJamaica, Queens. ref Rafer Alston , NBA Basketball Player. ref Litsky, Frank. http query.nytimes.com ... Alston, the junior point guard from SouthJamaica, Queens, explained it this way... ref 50 Cent ... Projects in SouthJamaica Tony Yayo , Rapper Grafh , Rapper Supreme Team gang Supreme Team , Drug trafficking ... Southside Queens coord missing New York City Category Neighborhoods in Queens Category Populated places in New York with African American majority populations pt SouthJamaica ... more details
, there were several days of riots in the SouthJamaica, QueensSouthJamaica neighborhood ... and cash registers stolen. One protestor was arrested. ref cite news title Queens Area Quiet After ... Category Queens, New York City Category Crime in New York City Category 1973 in New York ... more details
Jamaica, QueensSouthJamaica , Springfield Gardens, Queens Springfield Gardens , Hillcrest, Queens ... connecting with Jamaica Avenue, Archer Avenue, Liberty Avenue Queens, New York City Liberty Avenue , South ..., 1017 Brick Squad who came from SouthJamaica, QueensSouthJamaica born in the neighbourhood but later ... subdivisions of New York State Town Town of Jamaica . Jamaica was the county seat of Queens County ... . When Queens was incorporated into the City of Greater New York in 1898, both the Town of Jamaica ... cau html cb cb queens.shtml title Queens Community Boards accessdate 2007 09 13 ref Jamaica is patrolled ... in the borough of Queens, Jamaica in recent years has been undergoing a sharp influx of other ... of the Central Library of the Queens Borough Public Library . Some locals group Jamaica s surrounding ... , based at Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, lists its official address as Jamaica Central Jamaica once housed NYRA s Jamaica Racetrack, now the massive Rochdale, Queens Rochdale Village ... the Province of New York into counties, Jamaica became the county seat of Queens County, New York ... jamaicaqueens article00715.htm title History of Jamaica, Borough of Queens, NYC publisher thehistorybox.com ... Boulevard on the east and Linden Boulevard on the south in what is now St. Albans, Queens St.Albans ... title History of Jamaica first Jeff last Gottlieb publisher Central Queens Historical Association ref ... 1, 1898, Queens became part of the City of Greater New York City of New York , and Jamaica became ... the Jamaica Avenue and SouthJamaica areas. Yet it wasn t until the late 1990s and early 2000s that immigration ... to reside include Merrick Blvd. and Sutphin Blvd. in SouthJamaica. Yet heading down this same ... being the Port Washington Branch run through Jamaica. The New York City Subway s IND Queens Boulevard Line NYCS Queens Hillside trains terminates at Jamaica 179th Street IND Queens Boulevard ... , Jamaica Avenue QueensJamaica Avenue , Liberty Avenue New York City Liberty Avenue , Merrick Road ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Jamaica Hills is a small neighborhood in central Queens in New York City , USA. The neighborhood is surrounded by the Grand Central Parkway north , Jamaica Estates, QueensJamaica Estates east , Jamaica, QueensJamaicasouth , and Briarwood, Queens Briarwood west . It is centered on the terminal moraine which 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 mostly east Indians 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 NYPD s 107th Precinct. Queens Coord missing New York City Category Neighborhoods in Queens QueensNY geo stub ... more details
2002 09 27 accessdate 2009 08 17 ref and South Asian South Asian American populations. ref Cite book title Jamaica work The Neighborhood of Queens author Claudia Gryvatz Copquin url http books.google.com books?id 2p8LnB q9AYC&pg PA108&lpg PA108&dq Jamaica Estates 2B south asian 2B Ken Jackson&source ... Adams School PS 131 in Jamaica Hills, QueensJamaica Hills School District 29 . http www.tmla.org ... service F , Jamaica 179th Street IND Queens Boulevard Line 179th Street station, is located at the entrance of Jamaica Estates at Midland Parkway and Hillside Avenue, with the 169th Street IND Queens ... to much of Queens, most streets in Jamaica Estates do not conform to the rectangular street ... Jamaica, Queens http www.jamaicaestatesassociation.com Jamaica Estates Association Webpage http www.arcadiapublishing.com ... If You re Thinking of Living In Jamaica Estates, Queens An Enclave That Treasures ...Image Gatehouse JamaicaEstates Midland Mall Retouched.jpg right thumb Jamaica Estates World War II Memorial Image Jamaica Estates Historical Plaque.jpg right thumb Jamaica Estates Historical Plaque Jamaica Estates is a neighborhood located in the New York City borough New York City borough of Queens . Within Queens Community District 8, Jamaica Estates is served by Queens Community Board 8 ref http www.nyc.gov html cau html cb cb queens.shtml Queens Community Boards , New York City . Accessed September ... Route 25B Hillside Avenue to the south, Utopia Parkway and Homelawn Street to the west and 188th Street to the east. Jamaica Estates was created at the turn of the century by the Jamaica Estates ... fullpage.html?res 980DE0DB1338F932A1575AC0A961958260 If You re Thinking of Living In Jamaica Estates, Queens An Enclave That Treasures Its Trees , The New York Times , September 21, 1997. Accessed November 11, 2007. ref Jamaica Estates now has significant Modern Orthodox American Jews Jewish American ... of homes in pre foreclosure are owned by South Asian immigrants in sections of New York City url http ... more details
Infobox NYCS name Queens Boulevard image image caption accessible bg color 874F17 address Jamaica Avenue & Queens Boulevard br Jamaica, NY borough Queens locale Jamaica, QueensJamaica coordinates Coord 40 42 9 N 73 48 52.1 W display inline,title division BMT line BMT Jamaica Line service custom None demolished platforms 2 side platform s tracks 2 structure Elevated passengers pass year pass percent rank open date start date and age December 12, 1916 close date start date and age April 15, 1985 next north Sutphin Boulevard BMT Jamaica Line Sutphin Boulevard demolished next south Metropolitan Avenue BMT Jamaica Line Metropolitan Avenue demolished Queens Boulevard was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line . It had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms, with space for a 3rd track in the center. This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts ref http www.nycsubway.org faq briefhist.html ref . It opened December 12, 1916. The next stop to the north was Sutphin Boulevard BMT Jamaica Line Sutphin Boulevard . The next stop to the south was Metropolitan Avenue BMT Jamaica Line Metropolitan Avenue . It was closed because the rest of the Jamaica Line had to be connected to the BMT Archer Avenue Line Archer Avenue Subway . The Queens Boulevard station was the temporary terminal for the Jamaica Avenue Line from 1977 until April 15, 1985, when the station closed and the line got cut back to 121st Street. When Queens Boulevard was the temporary terminal for the Jamaica Avenue Line, the tracks continued east of this station as lay up tracks. The lay up tracks went as far as Sutphin Boulevard. Both Metropolitan Avenue and Queens Boulevard stations were demolished in late ... BMT Jamaica Line Queens Boulevard NYCS ref http www.nycsubway.org lines jamaica.html BMT Jamaica Line DEFAULTSORT Queens Boulevard Bmt Jamaica Line Category BMT Jamaica Line stations Category Defunct ... in 1985 NYC transport stub es Queens Boulevard l nea Jamaica ... more details
Infobox nrhp name US Post Office Jamaica Main nrhp type image caption location 88 40 164th St., Jamaica, Queens lat degrees 40 lat minutes 42 lat seconds 27.5 lat direction N long degrees 73 long minutes 47 long seconds 51 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin New York City built 1932 architect Cross & Cross U.S. Treasury Department architecture Colonial Revival added November 17, 1988 area convert 1.2 acre governing body U.S. Postal Service mpsub http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 64000597.pdf US Post Offices in New York State, 1858 1943, TR refnum 88002335 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref US Post Office Jamaica Main is a historic post office building located at Jamaica, QueensJamaica in QueensQueens County , New York , United States . It was built in 1932 1934, and is one of two post offices in New York City designed by architects Cross and Cross as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect . The building is a two story brick building on a light gray granite base with marble trim in the Colonial Revival architecture Colonial Revival style. It features a handsome marble portico supported by four Ionic order columns. ref name nrhpinv ny cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 7417 title National Register of Historic Places Registration Jamaica Main Post Office date July 1986 accessdate 2010 10 01 author Larry E. Gobrecht publisher New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation See also cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 7425 title Accompanying four photos ref It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ref name nris References reflist National Register of Historic Places in New York Category Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City Jamaica Main Category Government buildings completed in 1934 Category Colonial Revival architecture in New York Category Queens, New York City QueensNY ... more details
. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 10 . ref http www.nyc.gov html cau html cb cb queens.shtml Queens Community Boards , New York City . Accessed September 3, 2007. ref Despite its name, South Ozone Park is mostly east of the neighborhood of Ozone Park, Queens Ozone Park . Richmond Hill, Queens Richmond Hill lies to the north. Jamaica, QueensJamaica , SouthJamaica, QueensSouthJamaica , and Springfield Gardens, Queens Springfield Gardens are to the east. To the southwest are Howard Beach, Queens Howard Beach and Old Howard Beach, Queens Old Howard Beach . ref name QueensNeighborhoodMap Generally seen as less upscale than Ozone Park, Queens Ozone Park , South Ozone Park ...Infobox settlement name South Ozone Park settlement type Neighborhoods of New York City image skyline RckwyBlvdLftsBlvd.JPG imagesize image alt image caption Rockaway Boulevard image other image specify ... subdivision type2 List of counties in New York County subdivision name2 Queens County, New York Queens ... code 718, 347, 917 South Ozone Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough New York City borough of Queens . It was originally developed as low cost housing in the early ... Map of Queens neighborhoods archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080822055143 http www.queensbp.org ... population. The African American and Afro Caribbean community of South Ozone Park is largely concentrated ... Gregory Meeks . There has been a recent surge of development in South Ozone Park that rivals many of the surrounding communities in terms of home value. Rockaway Boulevard is South Ozone Park s main ... Richmond Hill, which is also one of South Ozone Park s main source of revenue. clarify date ... the Lufthansa Heist in 1978. South Ozone Park is served by the Q7 bus on Rockaway Boulevard, the Q9 ... elementary school that serves the South Ozone Park community. The school, located on 126th Street ... York City Commonscat Queens coord missing New York City Category Neighborhoods in Queens ... more details
1.3 rank 56 out of 422 next north Terminal NYCS Queens Hillside time show next south NYCS next type local line IND Queens Boulevard Line station 169th Street service Queens Hillside local br NYCS next type express line IND Queens Boulevard Line station Parsons Boulevard service Queens Hillside express next north acc none next south acc NYCS next line IND Queens Boulevard Line station Kew Gardens Union Turnpike service Queens Hillside Jamaica 179th Street is a terminal station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway . Located at 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens , it serves as the northern terminal for the F New York City Subway service F at all times ... Midland Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View Category IND Queens Boulevard Line stations 179 Category New York City Subway stations in Queens Category Railway stations opened in 1950 es Jamaica Calle 179 l nea Queens Boulevard nl 179th Street Queens Boulevard Line pl Jamaica 179th Street ...refimprove date August 2009 Infobox NYCS name Jamaica 179th Street accessible yes image 179th Street Station by David Shankbone.jpg image caption Trash train on the express track bg color FF6E1A address 179th Street & Hillside Avenue br Jamaica, NY 11432 borough Queens locale Jamaica, QueensJamaica coordinates coord 40.712459 73.78448 region US display inline,title division IND line IND Queens Boulevard Line service Queens Hillside connection nowiki nowiki New York City Transit buses New York City Bus Q1, Q2, Q3, Q17, Q36, Q43, Q76, Q77, X68 Nassau Inter County Express n1, n6, n22, n22A, n24, n26 ... Queens Boulevard Line 169th Street if necessary. The configuration of the relay tracks suggests past plans to extend the Queens Boulevard Line further east into Queens. The upper level was to be extended ... . References Reflist External links NYCS ref http www.nycsubway.org perl stations?219 101 IND Queens ... Nut http www.subwaynut.com ind 179f index.php Jamaica 179th Street Pictures http maps.google.com ... more details
Wentworth near nw Centennial Park, New South Wales Centennial Park near n Bondi Junction, New South Wales Bondi Junction near ne Bondi Junction, New South Wales Bondi Junction near w Centennial Park, New South Wales Centennial Park near e Charing Cross, New South Wales Charing Cross near sw Randwick, New South Wales Randwick near s Randwick, New South Wales Randwick near se Waverley, New South Wales Waverley dist1 6 location1 Sydney CBD CBD Queens Park is an Eastern Suburbs Sydney eastern suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Queens Park is located 6 kilometres ... area of Waverley Council . The postcode is 2022. Queens Park is situated east of the park and suburb known as Centennial Park, New South Wales Centennial Park , west of Waverley, New South Wales Waverley and Charing Cross, New South Wales Charing Cross , south of Bondi Junction, New South Wales Bondi Junction and north of Randwick, New South Wales Randwick . The park Queens Park was originally ... Waverley suburbs Category Suburbs of Sydney Sydney geo stub he ro Queens Park, New South ...Refimprove date June 2008 Infobox Australian Place type suburb name Queens Park city Sydney state NSW image Queenspark.jpg caption Queens Park, view towards Bondi Junction lga Waverley Council postcode 2022 est pop 2,723 ref name abs Census 2006 AUS id SSC11827 name Queens Park State Suburb accessdate ... of Queens Park in 2009 to improve the quality of the playing fields which are used daily. ref http ... the eastern suburbs cycle network with Centennial Park, New South Wales . The suburb The park ... . History Queens Park, the suburb, takes its name from the park of the same name on its southern border. Once part of Bondi Junction, New South Wales Bondi Junction , the suburb s name was officially recognised in 1992. A significant number of longer term residents, however, in the Queens Park area, still refer to their suburb as Bondi Junction. This may be because Queens Park is a relatively ... more details
unreferenced date June 2010 Saint Andrew South is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. Boundaries Constituency includes part of Trench Town and Admiral Town. Election box begin title Jamaican general election, 2011 General Election 2011 Saint Andrew South Election box candidate with party link no change party People s National Party candidate Omar Davies votes percentage Election box candidate with party link no change party Jamaica Labour Party candidate Dennis Messias votes percentage Election box total no change votes percentage Election box turnout no change percentage Election box hold with party link without swing winner Election box end Election box begin title Jamaican general election, 2007 General Election 2007 Saint Andrew South Election box candidate with party link no change party People s National Party candidate Omar Davies votes 8,378 percentage 90.8 Election box candidate with party link no change party Jamaica Labour Party candidate Dennis Messias votes 849 percentage 9.2 Election box total no change votes 9,227 percentage 100.0 Election box turnout no change percentage 56.38 Election box hold with party link without swing winner People s National Party Election box end Category Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica ... more details
communities, mainly immigrants from India and South America . Jamaica Estates, QueensJamaica Estates ..., such as SouthJamaica, QueensSouthJamaica . Corona, NY Corona Corona Heights Once considered the Little ... 54 ref Other early settlements included Newtown now Elmhurst, Queens Elmhurst and Jamaica, Queens ... in the Colony of New York were redefined. Queens gained North Brother Island , South Brother ... Queens County was created the courts were transferred from Hempstead to Jamaica Village and a County ... title History of Queens County ref After the war, various buildings in Jamaica temporarily served ... of Queens or Brooklyn before 1803. From Jamaica the mail went east along the Jericho Turnpike ... of Newtown, Flushing, and Jamaica, and the Rockaway, Queens Rockaway Peninsula portion of the Town ... and the Borough of Queens became wikt coterminous coterminous . With consolidation, Jamaica once ... and court buildings are presently located in Kew Gardens, Queens Kew Gardens and downtown Jamaica, QueensJamaica respectively, two neighborhoods that were villages of the former Town of Jamaica ... boroughs into New York City Long Island City, Jamaica, Flushing, Far Rockaway, Queens Far ... and South Asian communities. Woodside, Queens Woodside is also home to a large Filipino American ... as well. Jamaica, QueensJamaica is home to large African American and Caribbean populations. There are also ... Park, Queens Floral Park , originally home to many Irish Americans , is home to a growing South Asian ... Corona, Flushing, Queens Flushing , Jamaica Estates, Bayside, Queens Bayside , and Little Neck, Queens ... s 6th congressional district sixth district including Jamaica, QueensJamaica , Hollis, St. Albans ...About the borough named Queens other uses Queens disambiguation Infobox settlement See Template Infobox ... fields and descriptions of usage Basic info name Queens at least one of the first two fields must be filled in official name Queens County other name native name if different from the English name nickname ... more details
orphan date May 2010 Saint Andrew South East is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. Boundaries The constituency covers Vineyard Town and Trafalgar in St. Andrew Parish. Election box begin title Jamaican general election, 2007 General Election 2007 Saint Andrew South East Election box candidate with party link no change party People s National Party candidate Maxine Henry Wilson votes 5,126 percentage 52.76 Election box candidate with party link no change party Jamaica Labour Party candidate Joan Gordon Webley votes 4,589 percentage 47.24 Election box total no change votes 10,070 percentage 100.0 Election box turnout no change percentage 59.37 Election box hold with party link without swing winner People s National Party Election box end Category Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica ... more details
Saint Ann South East is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. Boundaries The constituency covers the communities of Claremont, Calderwood, Bensonton and Moneague. It is currently represented by former Miss World, Lisa Hanna Election box begin title Jamaican general election, 2007 General Election 2007 Saint Ann South East Election box candidate with party link no change party People s National Party candidate Lisa Hanna votes 7,134 percentage 61.55 Election box candidate with party link no change party Jamaica Labour Party candidate Peter Fakhourie votes 4,456 percentage 38.45 Election box total no change votes 11,590 percentage 100.0 Election box turnout no change percentage 65.67 Election box hold with party link without swing winner People s National Party Election box end Category Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica ... more details
Saint Andrew South West is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. Boundaries The constituency includes Payne Land and Whitfield in St. Andrew Parish. It is represented by Portia Simpson Miller , former Prime Minister and current leader of the PNP. 2011 Generation Election Election box begin title Jamaican general election, 2011 General Election 2011 Saint Andrew South West Election box candidate with party link no change party People s National Party candidate Portia Simpson Miller votes 10,973 percentage 94.94 Election box candidate with party link no change party Jamaica Labour Party candidate Victor Hyde votes 553 percentage 4.78 Election box total no change votes 11,558 percentage 100 Election box turnout no change percentage 52 Election box hold with party link without swing winner People s National Party Election box end 2007 General Election Election box begin title Jamaican general election, 2007 General Election 2007 Saint Andrew South West Election box candidate with party link no change party People s National Party candidate Portia Simpson Miller votes 9,456 percentage 93.9 Election box candidate with party link no change party Jamaica Labour Party candidate Garnett Reid votes 614 percentage 6.1 Election box total no change votes 10,070 percentage 100.0 Election box turnout no change percentage 57.71 Election box hold with party link without swing winner People s National Party Election box end Category Parliamentary constituencies of Jamaica ... more details
over 200 villages ruled by caciques chiefs of villages . The south coast of Jamaica was the most ... indef Infobox country conventional long name Jamaica common name Jamaica image flag Flag of Jamaica.svg ..., One People national anthem Jamaica, Land We Love royal anthem God Save the Queen official languages Jamaican English English regional languages demonym Demographics of Jamaica Jamaican capital Kingston, Jamaica Kingston latd 17 latm 59 latNS N longd 76 longm 48 longEW W largest city capital government ... of Jamaica Monarch leader name1 Elizabeth II leader title2 List of Governors General of Jamaica Governor General leader name2 Patrick Allen Jamaican Patrick Allen leader title3 Prime Minister of Jamaica Prime Minister leader name3 Andrew Holness leader title4 Prime Minister of Jamaica Prime Minister ... 1&c 343&s NGDPD 2CNGDPDPC 2CPPPGDP 2CPPPPC 2CLP&grp 0&a &pr.x 31&pr.y 13 title Jamaica publisher International ... .jm calling code 1 876 Jamaica IPAc en audio En us Jamaica.ogg d m e k is an island nation ... south of Cuba , and convert 191 km mi west of Hispaniola , the island harbouring the nation states ... it became an English, and later a British, colony, known as Jamaica . It achieved full independence ... Elizabeth II as head of state . ref name BBCjamprofile cite news title Jamaica country profile url ... BBC News date May 26, 2010 ref Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the country s largest city and the capital. ref name jamcities cite web title Jamaica Largest Cities url http www.geonames.org JM largest cities in jamaica.html publisher GeoNames accessdate 11 October 2010 ref History Main History of Jamaica The Arawak peoples Arawak and Ta no people Taino indigenous people, originating in South America ... articles primearticles taino.shtml title The Taino of JamaicaJamaica publisher Jamaicans.com ... were still inhabiting Jamaica when the English took control of the island. ref name primearticles1 The Jamaican ... 2007 09 28 ref Christopher Columbus claimed Jamaica for Spain after landing there in 1494 and his ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Image UnionTpke2.jpg 250px right thumb Union Turnpike New York Union Turnpike in Hillcrest, Queens NY. Hillcrest is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough New York City borough of Queens . The neighborhood is located between Flushing, Queens Flushing and Jamaica, Queens Jamaica . ref cite web title You can validate the location of hillcrest here url http queens.about.com od neighborhoods g hillcrest.htm ref Its name derives from its location on the hills between Jamaica and Flushing. The neighborhood runs from Grand Central Parkway to 73rd Ave. ref http queens.about.com od neighborhoods g hillcrest.htm ref , between Utopia Parkway and Parsons Boulevard. Union Turnpike New York Union Turnpike is its main commercial strip. It is part of Queens Community Board 8 . The ZIP Code s for this neighborhood are, 11365 and 11366. It neighbors Jamaica Hills, Queens Jamaica Hills to the south, Briarwood, Queens Briarwood and Kew Gardens Hills, Queens Kew Gardens Hills to the west, Pomonok, Queens Pomonok and Utopia, Queens Utopia to the north, and Utopia, Queens Utopia and Jamaica Estates, Queens Jamaica Estates to the east. Hillcrest is home to a very large Orthodox Jewish Community. References Reflist Queens Category United States places with Orthodox Jewish communities Category Neighborhoods in Queens QueensNY geo stub ... more details
Utopia , a neighborhood located in the New York City borough New York City borough of Queens is bordered by Utopia Parkway to the west, 188th Street to the east, Union Turnpike New York Union Turnpike to the south, and 73rd Avenue to the north. It adjoins the neighborhoods of Jamaica Estates, QueensJamaica Estates , Hillcrest, Queens Hillcrest , and Fresh Meadows, Queens Fresh Meadows . The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 8 . ref http www.nyc.gov html cau html cb cb queens.shtml Queens Community Boards , New York City . Accessed September 3, 2007. ref Utopia is a predominantly middle class neighborhood. It contains a large group of Conservative and Orthodox Jews as well as groups of Chinese, Korean, Russian, Indian, and Hispanic people. Fact date September 2007 Utopia is a mostly a suburban neighborhood with tree lined streets. References Reflist External links http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9C05E1DD173FF932A15751C1A9659C8B63 If You re Thinking of Living In Utopia, Queens A Neighborhood Aspires to Its Name The New York Times , December 21, 2003 Queens coord missing New York City Category Neighborhoods in Queens QueensNY geo stub ... more details
The Queens Tribune is a free weekly newspaper founded as the monthly Flushing Tribune in February 1970 by Gary Ackerman . It is based in Whitestone, Queens Whitestone , Queens . The paper s main offices moved to Whitestone from Fresh Meadows, Queens in November, 2010. The Tribune is a member of the New York Press Association . It s CEO is Micheal Schenkler, and the current Executive Editor is Brian M. Rafferty. From 1989 to 2002, the paper was owned by News Communications, parent of The Hill newspaper The Hill . Ackerman then repurchased the paper. The Tribune is published in nine different sections, eight specific to different neighborhoods or regions of the borough, which are mostly the same except for the This Week section that includes one or two stories from that specific neighborhoods. The eight different sections are Astoria, Queens Astoria , Jackson Heights, Queens Jackson Heights , Western Queens, SouthQueens, Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills , Flushing, Queens Flushing , Bayside, Queens Bayside , and East Queens. The ninth edition is a Queens Edition which does not have any specific This Week page and is given out to subscribers. Every month, the newspaper issues a special edition, called glossy issues, that focuses on a given topic. Recurring examples include the Blue Book, or the annual Guide to Queens every January, Best of Queens, Arts & Culture, Gay Pride, and Community Characters editions. The Tribune is also home to a newspaper called The PRESS of Southeast Queens, a separate paper that covers Jamaica, Queens and other Southeast Queens neighborhoods like Rosedale , Saint Albans and Laurelton . The PRESS occasionally runs the same stories as the Tribune. External links http queenstribune.blogspot.com Queens Tribune blog http www.queenstribune.com Queens Tribune website Category Newspapers published in New York City Cateogry Queens, New York City NewYork newspaper stub ... more details
Pomonok is a neighborhood in the New York City borough New York City borough of Queens . This large public housing development ref http www.nyc.gov html nycha html developments queenspomonok.shtml NYCHA Pomonok Houses ref in South Flushing , Queens was built in 1949 on the former site of Pomonok Country Club . Pomonok is considered to be in the South Flushing section of Queens. The name comes a Native Americans in the United States Native American word for eastern Long Island , and means either land of tribute or land where there is travelling by water . Citation needed date July 2011 Community Board Pomonok is a part of Queens Community Board 8 , which also includes Fresh Meadows, Queens Fresh Meadows , South Flushing, Cunningham Heights, Queens Cunningham Heights , Hilltop Village, Queens Hilltop Village , Jamaica Estates, QueensJamaica Estates , Holliswood, Queens Holliswood , Utopia, Queens Utopia , Kew Gardens Hills, Queens Kew Gardens Hills , and Briarwood, Queens Briarwood . Nearby are major facilities such as Queens College , CUNY Law School , St. John s University New York City St. John s University , Touro College , Rabbinical Seminary of America , Queens Hospital Center , Cunningham Park and many public and private schools. Transportation Flushing is a 30 minute plus commute on the NYCS service 7 subway to midtown Manhattan from the Main Street terminus. The Long Island Rail Road also runs from the Flushing Main Street LIRR station Flushing Main Street station to Pennsylvania Station New York City Penn Station , a 17 minute ride. Buses Q12 New York City bus Q12 , Q13 New York City bus Q13 , Q15 New York City bus Q15 , Q16 New York City bus Q16 , Q17 New York City ... connects Flushing north to the Bronx , south to the Van Wyck Expressway to John F. Kennedy International ... commercial street. See also List of Queens neighborhoods References reflist coord missing New York City Queens Category Neighborhoods in Queens ... more details
refimprove date July 2009 Orphan date July 2009 Bricktown is a small neighborhood in SouthJamaica, Queens in New York City , known as Bricktown because of its many brick row houses. ref http www.nytimes.com 2003 09 06 nyregion rapper slain in queens linked to label in inquiry.html Rapper Slain in Queens Linked to Label in Inquiry The New York Times , September 6, 2003, accessed December 21, 2011 ref Education Bricktown has one school in its vicinity, William C. Hughley PS 116Q , located at 107 25 Wren Place. PS 116Q is an elementary and middle level public school run by the New York City Department of Education . References reflist coord missing New York City Category Neighborhoods in Queens QueensNY geo stub ... more details
Greater Jamaica s other track, Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, QueensSouth Ozone Park , it also decided to close Jamaica Racetrack when the Aqueduct Racetrack s improvements were finished. Jamaica Racetrack was shut down in 1959 and demolished. Construction proceeded at a rapid pace on a new community in Queens. When Rochdale Village opened, it was the largest private cooperative ... of the Urban Jamaica Area. Citation needed date June 2007 Rochdale was designed to be a city within a city . File JamaicaRacetrack.jpg thumb left 250px Jamaica Racetrack, c.1907 The property is the former site of Jamaica Racetrack , which was operated by the Metropolitan Jockey Club and its successor ... white people moved from the community. Citation needed date June 2007 Rochdale Village The Jewel of Jamaica ... building has its own mailing address. Rochdale village has its own branch of the Queens Public Library ... is also served by the Q111 , Q85 , Q3 and Q113 bus routes. References Reflist Queens Category Neighborhoods in Queens Category Populated places in New York with African American majority populations Category ... more details
Brookville from Laurelton, Queens Laurelton and the South by John F. Kennedy Airport . The neighborhood is part of The Queens Community Board 13 . Two important roads run through Brookville, 147th Avenue, in the South, and North South Conduit Boulevard, in the Northern section of Brookville. Demographics ... at these stations. The Q85 New York City bus Q85 bus travels along South Conduit Boulevard towards Rosedale, Queens Rosedale or Green Acres Mall , and North Conduit Boulevard towards the Jamaica Center Parsons Archer New York City Subway Jamaica Center Parsons Archer subway station NYCS Archer trains . The Q111 New York City bus Q111 travels to Rosedale, Queens Rosedale and Jamaica, Queens via 147th Avenue along with the Q113 New York City bus Q113 via 147th Avenue to Jamaica, Queens and Far ...unreferenced date September 2010 Brookville is a suburban neighborhood in Queens. The neighborhood is bordered by Springfield Gardens to the West, Rosedale to the East, and Laurelton to the North. The neighborhood is a part of the Queens Community Board 13 . The zip code of Brookville is 11413. border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 align right width 300px Brookville Queens, New York ZIP Code colspan 2 11413 valign top Demographics width 65px Race United States Census White br Black br Hispanic br Asian br Other width 120px 6.3 br 88.8 br 1.9 br 1.5 br 0 Median household income Median income colspan 2 51,229 align center colspan 3 style border bottom 3px solid gray small Source U.S. Census, Record Information Services small Location Brookville is a neighborhood in New York City , located in SouthEastern Queens. Brookville is commonly referred to as Springfield Gardens , or Rosedale, Queens Rosedale . Brookville is bordered to the East by Brookville Park and Rosedale, Queens Rosedale , the West ... along Springfield Boulevard and Francis Lewis Boulevard to Jamaica 165 St Bus Terminal and terminates ... 40.6591 N 73.7522 W region US NY type city display title Category Neighborhoods in Queens ... more details
Image Queens Blvd 14.JPG 250px right thumb A view down Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills . Queens Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Queens connecting communities from Midtown Manhattan to Jamaica, QueensJamaica . It forms part of New York State Route 25 . Queens Boulevard runs northwest to southeast across more than half the length of the borough, starting at Crescent Street at the Queensboro Bridge entrance in Long Island City, Queens ... through the neighborhoods of Sunnyside, Queens Sunnyside , Woodside, Queens Woodside , Elmhurst, Queens Elmhurst , Rego Park, Queens Rego Park , Forest Hills, Queens Forest Hills , Kew Gardens, Queens Kew Gardens , and Briarwood, Queens Briarwood before terminating at Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, QueensJamaica Coord 40.702528 73.814311 region US NY type landmark display inline . At convert 7.2 mi km , it is one of the longest roads in Queens, and it runs through some of Queens busiest areas. Much ..., Queens Forest Hills , it reaches a high point of 16 lanes. Along much of its length, the road includes ... the express lanes, but only at select cross streets. Queens Boulevard is also the starting point of a number of the other major streets in Queens, such as New York State Route 25A Northern Boulevard , Woodhaven Boulevard , and Main Street, Queens Main Street . This street hosts one of the highest numbers of New York City Subway services in the city. At any one time, six services the NYCS Queens and the NYCS ... 250px right thumb Pedestrian crossing sign on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens Elmhurst Queens Boulevard was built in the early 20th century to connect the new Queensboro Bridge to central Queens ... Town of Newtown, Queens County. Long Island Woodside year 1873 accessdate 2011 04 19 quote shows Thompson Ave. on south border of map ref and Hoffman Boulevard, stubs of which still exist. It was widened along with the digging of the IND Queens Boulevard Line subway tunnels in the 1920s and 1930s ... more details
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