Jamaica Hills, Queens

Tilly Park

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 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 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 very mixed with a large South Asian Population and smaller populations from the Caribbean, Central American, and Chinese. 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.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Living in; Jamaica Hills, Queens: A Singular Place With Plural Ethnicities," by Gregory Beyer (New York Times: August 27, 2010)
  2. ↑ Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica wants to turn T Building into low-income, chronic illness residences (Queens Brownstoner; January 16, 2013)

Coordinates: 40°42′46″N 73°47′57″W / 40.71278°N 73.79917°W / 40.71278; -73.79917


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