Jamaica is a middle-class neighborhood in the Queens district of New York City. The neighborhood is part of the Queens Community Board 12, which also includes Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Park, Baisley Pond Park, Rochdale Village and South Jamaica. The NYPD 103, 113 & amp; Patrol Patrolling Jamaica.
Stipulated under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp . Under British rule, Jamaica became the center of "The City of Jamaica". Jamaica was the county county of Queens County from the county establishment in 1683 until 7 March 1788, when the state government set up the town and the county seat moved to Mineola (now part of Nassau County). In 1814, Jamaica became the first village founded in Long Island. When Queens was incorporated into New York City in 1898, both Jamaican City and Jamaican Village were disbanded, but the Jamaican neighborhood regained its role as a district area. Today, several local Jamaican neighborhood groups have become Jamaica unofficial Jamaica, roughly corresponding to the former City of Jamaica, including Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, St. Albans, Rosedale, Springfield Park, Hollis, Laurelton, Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Howard Beach and Ozone Park.
Jamaica is the location of several government buildings including Queens Civil Court, the civil branch of the Queens County Supreme Court, the Queens County Family Court and the Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building, the site of the Northeastern Civil Service Program Center. The Regional Northeast Regional Food and Drug Administration and the New York District Office are also located in Jamaica. The Jamaican Center, the area around Jamaica Avenue and 165th Street, is the main commercial center, as well as the home of the Central Library of Queens Borough Public Library. The New York Racing Association, based in Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, lists its official address as Jamaica (Central Jamaica used to be at the Jamaica NYRA Race Course, now a massive Rochdale Village housing estate). John F. Kennedy International Airport and nearby hotels also use Jamaica as their address.
Video Jamaica, Queens
History
Etymology
Although many residents in the Jamaican neighborhood today are immigrants from a country of the same name, the two names have different derivations. The name of this neighborhood comes from Yameco , the word corruption for "beaver" in Lenape language spoken by Native Americans living in the area at the time of the first European contact. The English "y" is spelled "j" in Dutch, the first European to write about the area. This produces the English pronunciation "Jamaica" when read and repeated orally. In the Caribbean, Arawak, people from Jamaica state, named their land Xaymaca , which means "wood and water".
Colonial and colonial period
Jamaica Avenue is an ancient pathway for tribes from afar like the Ohio River and the Great Lakes, coming to trade leather and fur for wampum. It was in 1655 that the first settlers paid the Native Americans with two weapons, a coat, and some powder and lead, for the land lying between the old traces and "Beaver Pond" (now filled; what is now Tuckerton Street north of Liberty Avenue running through the old pool site, and Beaver Road is named for its western edge.) The Director General of the Netherlands Peter Stuyvesant dubbed the Rustdorp
The British took over in 1664 and made it part of the county of Yorkshire. In 1683, when Britain divided the Province of New York into territories, Jamaica became the county county of Queens County, one of New York's native districts.
The Jamaican Colonial has a 56-minute band that plays an active part in the Battle of Long Island, a result that led to the occupation of New York City territory by British troops during most of the American Revolutionary War. Rufus King, a signatory to the Constitution of the United States, moved here in 1805. He added to the 18th century simple farmhouse, creating a manor that stands on the site today. King Manor is restored at the turn of the 21st century to its heyday, and houses the King Manor Museum.
End of the 18th and 19th centuries
In 1776, Jamaica had become a trading post for farmers and their products. For over a century, horse-drawn carts rattled along Jamaica Avenue, then called the King's Highway. The Postal Office of Jamaica opened 25 September 1794, and was the only post office in the current Boroughs Queens or Brooklyn before 1803. Union Hall Academy for boys, and Union Hall Seminary for girls, was hired in 1787. The academy eventually attracted students from all over the United States and West Indies. The public school system began in 1813 at a cost of $ 125. Jamaica Village, the first village on Long Island, was founded in 1814 with boundaries coming from the Van Wyck Expressway (in the west) and Jamaica Avenue (north, then Hillside Avenue) to Farmers Boulevard (on the east)) and Linden Boulevard (in the south) in what is now St. Albans. In 1834, the Brooklyn and Jamaican Railway Company had completed a line to Jamaica.
In 1850, the former Kings Highway (now Jamaica Avenue) became Brooklyn and Jamaica Plank Road, complete with toll gates. In 1866, the rails were placed for the horsecar line, and 20 years later electrified, the first in the state. On January 1, 1898, Queens became part of New York City, and Jamaica became the center of government.
the 20th and 21st centuries
The Jamaica Station now on Long Island Rail Road was completed in 1913, and BMT Jamaica Line arrived in 1918, followed by the IND Queens Boulevard Line in 1936 and IND/BMT Archer Avenue Lines in 1988, the latter replacing the eastern part of the Jamaican Lines which was demolished in 1977-1985. The 1920s and 1930s saw the building of the Valencia Theater (now restored by the Tabernacle of Prayer), the Kurtz furniture store "futuristic" and the Roxanne House. In the 1970s, it became a headquarters for the Islamic Society of North America.
The large number of foreclosures and high levels of unemployment in the 2000s and early 2010 caused many blacks to move from Jamaica to the South, as part of the Great New Migration.
The jungle fire in December 2012 requires the help of 170 firefighters to extinguish the fire.
On October 23, 2014, the neighborhood was the scene of a terrorist attack against two police officers from the New York City Police Department. The police then kill the attackers.
First Reformed Church, Grace Episcopal Church Complex, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building, Jamaica Savings Bank, King Manor, J. Kurtz and Sons Store Store, La Casina, Office Register, Prospect Cemetery, St. Monica, Hours Sidewalks at 161-11 Jamaica Avenue, New York, NY, Trans World Airlines Flight Center, and US Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Maps Jamaica, Queens
Demographics and environment
Jamaica is large and has a diverse population. Most African Americans, with large Hispanic, Asian and White populations. While the corresponding figures represent a certain section of Jamaica, official statistics differ with many ZIP Codes in the area such as 11411, 11428, 11432, 11433, 11434, 11435, and 11436. Jamaican total population is estimated to be slightly above 200,000 with all environments considered.
Jamaica is not always as diverse as it is today. Throughout the 19th century until the early 20th century, Jamaica was mostly inhabited by whites when newly settled Irish immigrants settled around the place known today as Downtown and Baisley Pond Park. However, in the 1950s, what came to be called a white flight began and middle-income African Americans began to take their place. After the 1970s, when house prices began to fall, many Hispanics like Salvador, Colombia, Dominicans, and West Indian immigrants entered. These ethnic groups tend to stay more in Jamaica Avenue and in South Jamaica. Immigration from other countries did not expand until the late 1990s and early 2000s. Gentrification and the decline of crime attract many families to the safe-haven Jamaica; Hillside Avenue reflects this trend. Along 150 to 161 streets, many shops and restaurants symbolize the culture of South America and the Caribbean.
Further east is the fast-growing East Indian community. Particularly driven by the Jamaica Muslim Center, Bangladesh has flocked to this area because of its easy transit access and many Bangladeshi shops and restaurants lined the 167th and 168th Streets. Bangladeshis are the fastest growing ethnic group here; However, this is also an African-American commercial area. Many Sri Lankans also live in this area for the same reasons as the Bangladeshi community, which is reflected in the many dining and shopping spots along Hillside Avenue serving the community. As well as a large South Asian community, significant Filipino and African communities flourished in Jamaica, along with neighboring Filipino communities in Queens Village and the historic and established African American community living in Jamaica.
From 151st Street and 164th Street, many grocery stores and restaurants are representative of the West Indies. Primarily from Guyana and Trinidad, these merchants serve their inhabitants in and around the Jamaica Center area. Many East Indian shops are located east of 167th Street to 171st Street. Primarily supported by a growing population of Bangladesh, thousands of South Asians come here to shop for Bangladeshi goods. There are also restaurants like "Sagar", "Ambala", "Ghoroa", and countless in the stronghold of Bangladesh here. Some people call this area "Little South Asia" similar to Jackson Heights. Jamaica, Queens is another South Asian ethnic region that has sprung up in NYC, as South Asian immigrations and NYC residents in South Asia have grown rapidly, as have the new enclave in South Asia.
Economy
History
Economic development has long been ignored. In the 1960s and 1970s, many large box retailers moved to suburban areas where business was more profitable. Leading retailers include brand name stores and cinemas that once flourished in the busiest areas of Jamaica. Macy's and the Valencia theater were the last to move in 1969. The 1980 crack epidemic created more trouble and crime. The main real estate spaces are filled with hair salons and 99 cent shops. Furthermore, existing patterns of zoning and inadequate infrastructure do not anticipate future development.
Since then, the decline in crime rates has prompted entrepreneurs who plan to invest in the area. The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC), the local business improvement district, acquires valuable real estate for sale to the national chain to expand the environmental trade. In addition they have completed an ongoing proposal by allocating funds and lending to potential investors who have established something in the area. One Jamaica Center is a mixed commercial complex built in 2002 by The Mattone Group, the Old Navy, Bally Total Fitness, Walgreens, Subway, Dunkin 'Donuts, multiplex 15 screen theater and for a while Gap. Banking has also made a strong resurgence when Bank of America, Sterling National Bank, Chase Bank, and Federal Savings Bank Carver each have created at least one branch along major roads: Jamaica Avenue, Parsons Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, and Sutphin Boulevard. The $ 75 million deal between developers, Mattone Group and Ceruzzi Enterprises, and Home Depot paved the way for a new location on 168th St. and Archer Ave. All approvals are obtained within three months from the date of application.
The most prominent part of the development is the creation of the Jamaica Station, which was completed entirely in 2003. These include Sutphin Boulevard subway station - Archer Avenue - JFK Airport ( E , J , and Z trains), LIRR, and Airtrain JFK to John F. Kennedy International Airport; the latter remains a central figure for the ongoing economic progress. With the increasing number of riders every day passing through this station, the city provides some major changes to the surrounding blocks of this massive transportation center.
Efforts have been made to follow the great rebuilding examples that took place in Astoria, Long Island City, Flushing, and Downtown Brooklyn. In 2005, the New York City City Planning Department drew up a plan that would overhaul 368 Jamaican blocks to stimulate new developments, reduce traffic congestion, and shift high-end facilities from low-density settlements. The plan includes up-zoning the immediate area around Jamaica Station to accommodate passengers traveling through the area. To improve the infrastructure of New York City Garden Department & amp; Recreation has agreed to create more greenery and open space to allow pedestrians to enjoy the scenery. At the same time, the city has the right to protect the suburban charm/residence in the surrounding area. Some blocks will be zoned to follow existing environmental characters. On September 10, 2007, the City Council strongly approved the plan, providing a structure of up to 28 floors to be built around the main transit center and residential buildings up to 7 floors to be built on Hillside Avenue.
Some projects are in progress. The New York City Economic Development Corporation has issued an RFP for rebuilding an abandoned 45,000 square foot (4,200 m) garage located at 168th Street and 93rd Avenue. Plans are underway to turn this space into retail and parking lots. "TechnoMart Queens" is the first approved project. Located on Sutphin Blvd. and 94th Ave., Korea-based Prime Construction Corp., Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, and several other partners have signed an agreement to create 13-storey malls. 9 floors will be dedicated to wholesale electronics, 3 floors to retail space for shopping, and is estimated to contain up to 800 car parking. The first stone laying on the site will begin in late 2008 and is scheduled for completion by mid 2011. However, in Q3 2008, Technomart announced that it will not move forward with its plans to bring retailers to the public.
According to the StreetEasy real-estate listing service, Jamaican real-estate prices are rising fastest from all locations in New York City. The average house price of the community is up 39% by 2015. The average selling price for a small row house by 2015 is $ 330,000, and the median asking for a lease for a three bedroom house in 2015 is $ 1,750. Sutphin Boulevard has been described as "the next hot tourist spot." The proximity of Jamaica with AirTrain JFK has encouraged the development of several hotels.
Famous business
Flights
The Eastern Aviation Administration of the East Region is based in Jamaica.
Some businesses are at the distant John F. Kennedy International Airport. North American Airlines has its headquarters on JFK's property. In addition, Nippon Cargo Airlines maintains its office in New York City there.
When Tower Water is there, its headquarters are at the airport. When Metro International Airways exists, its headquarters are at the airport.
Other businesses
Grupo TACA operates the TACA Satellite in Jamaica at 149-16 Jamaica Avenue.
Transportation
Public transport
Jamaica Station is a transfer center on Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), which is headquartered in a building adjacent to the station; all but one from the commuter railway line (except for Port Washington Branch) run through Jamaica.
The IND Queens Boulevard line at New York City Subway (train E and F ) ends at 179 Street station, at the foot of Jamaica Estates, a luxury neighborhood neighborhood north of Jamaica's central business district. The Archer Avenue Lines, which opened in 1988 ( E , J , and Z train), ends at Jamaica Center - Parsons/Archer station , but also serves Sutphin Boulevard - Archer Avenue - JFK Airport station. The center of Jamaica is not just a transit center; it is also the name of a business and government center that includes federal office buildings, shopping centers and multiplex theater (One Jamaica Center), and is adjacent to other businesses and institutions, such as major forensic laboratory facilities for the New York City Police Department.
The Jamaica bus network provides extensive services throughout East Queens, as well as to destinations as far as Hicksville in Nassau County, the Bronx, Rockaways, and Midtown Manhattan. Almost every bus line that serves Jamaica ends there; most do so at the 165th Street Bus Station or the Jamaica Center subway station, except for the Q46 bus that runs along the Union Turnpike that serves as the northern border of Jamaica.
The larger Jamaica, spacious and spacious environment, is also home to John F. Kennedy International Airport - one of the busiest international airports in the United States and the world - public transport passengers connected to the flight terminal by AirTrain JFK, which operates both as a diversion airport terminals and train connections to central Jamaica on an integrated LIRR and a second-tier subway station located on Sutphin Blvd and Archer Avenue.
Main road
Major roads include Archer Avenue, Hillside Avenue, Jamaica Avenue, Liberty Avenue, Merrick Boulevard, Parsons Boulevard, Guy R. Brewer Boulevard (formerly known as New York Boulevard but renamed local political leader in 1982), Sutphin Boulevard, and Union Turnpike, as well as the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) and Grand Central Parkway.
Jamaica Avenue is the busiest street in Jamaica. It started at Broadway Junction in Brooklyn, near the East New York border. The Avenue enters eastern Jamaica from the Van Wyck Expressway, and passes the Joseph Addabbo Social Security Administration Building, the courthouse and main building of Queens Library, along with many discount stores. The 200-year-old King Manor Museum, once home to Rufus King, a founding father of the United States, is located at the corner of 153rd St. and Jamaica Ave. This includes a 2 storey museum with over one hectare of land and a public park. Right across from the Museum is Jamaica Performing Arts Center, part of Jamaica Art Center & amp; Studying, representing a long-sought adaptive adaptation, the former Reformed Dutch church was 150 years old. It was completed in 2007.
Hillside Avenue is one of Jamaica's main streets. It is served by the E and F trains, from Sutphin Boulevard to 179th Street terminal. Hillside Avenue flows east from Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill, along Jamaica, to Queens Village, and finally, Nassau County. It is a six-lane road with lots of commercial activities. The Q43 bus runs all the east from Sutphin Boulevard to the city line. Hillside Avenue separates Jamaica from Briarwood, Jamaica Hills and Jamaica Estates on the southern border.
Sutphin Boulevard is the second busiest street in Jamaica. It has two subway stations, as well as stations for LIRR and AirTrain JFK, and two Queens courthouses. It begins on Hillside Avenue and 147th Place in the north and works the southern and declining way that connects Jamaica Avenue, Archer Avenue, Liberty Avenue, South Road, Linden Boulevard, and ends on Rockaway Boulevard. At first it was a small four-lane road, but in the downtown area it provided six lanes. On 95th Avenue, it reappears from the LIRR underpass and becomes a four-lane road to the southern end point.
Union Turnpike travels through, and serves as a northern frontier between the cities of Flushing and Jamaica. Although both cities were absorbed into New York City in 1898, the division was proven today at the address. Buildings on the north side generally begin with Code 113-ZIP, showing Flushing, and building to the south side starting with Code 114-ZIP, showing Jamaica. Union Turnpike separates the northern border of Briarwood, Jamaica Hills and Jamaica Estates from the southern border of Flushing and Fresh Meadows.
Education
Colleges and universities
Some colleges and universities make their home in Jamaica right or in the vicinity, especially:
- York College, senior college of City University of New York
- St. John's University (Queens Campus), a private Catholic University founded by the Vinsensian Fathers (Lazarist)
- Queens College, the nearest senior campus of City University of New York
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary offers classes on a satellite campus at St. University campus John.
Primary and secondary schools
Public schools
Jamaica Public School is operated by the New York City Department of Education.
Public high schools in Jamaica include:
- Springfield Gardens Educational Campus (formerly Springfield Gardens High School)
- Martin August High School
- Eagle Academy for Teens Men from South East Queensland
- Thomas A. Edison Vocational and Technical High School
- Hillcrest High School
- Campus Magnet Educational Campus (formerly Andrew Jackson High School)
- Jamaica Campus (formerly Jamaica High School), an official city landmark Queens High School for the Sciences at York College
- Queens Gateway to High School Health Sciences
- High School for Law Enforcement and Public Security
- Young Women's Leadership School
- The Early Academy Academy Academy
General and junior high schools in Jamaica include:
- I.S. 231
- P.S. 80
- P.S. 45 Clarence Witherspoon
- P.S. 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School
- P.S. 86
- P.S. 95
- P.S. 131 Eligail Adams Elementary School
- P.S. 160
- P.S. 182 Samantha Smith
- I.S. 238 Susan B Anthony
- P.S. 48 William Wordsworth
- I.S. 8
- J.H.S. 72, Catherine and Basie Count
Private school
Private schools in Jamaica include:
- Al-Faith School, Islamic school PK-12.
- Archbishop Molloy High School, once a Catholic high school all male, is now co-ed.
- Immaculate Conception School, a joint Catholic school from pre-K to grade 8. School is a local landmark located on the Immaculate Conception Church and Monastery property, run by the Congregation of the Imams of the priests.
- St. Nicholas from Tolentine, a Catholic school combined from pre-K to 8th grade, run by the Sisters of Charity
- Mary Louis Academy, a Catholic high school girl run by Sisters of St. Louis Joseph.
- United Nations International School, a private school in Jamaica Estates.
- Cariculum Academy Preschool of Southeast Queens, community school
- Our Lady Catholic Academy, located in South Park Ozone. it is a joint school of nursery class to grade 8
Catholic schools are run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.
From its founding in 1975 to about 1980, the New York Japanese School is located in Jamaica Estates, near Jamaica.
Library
The Queens Borough Public Library Central Library, the country's highest public library system, is in Jamaica. The Baisley Park Branch and the South Jamaica Branch are also located in Jamaica.
Neighboring area
The neighboring areas are Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Holliswood, Bellerose, Briarwood, Cambria Heights, St. Albans, Hollis, Queens Village, South Ozone Park, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Laurelton, Rosedale, Brookville, Rochdale, South Jamaica, Springfield Gardens, Hillcrest, Kew Gardens Hills, Fresh Meadows, Meadowmere Park, and Woodhaven.
Famous citizen
Notable today and former residents of Jamaica, with (B) indicating that the person was born there, including:
See also
- New York City Portal
References
External links
- Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (the source of much of the historical information in this article)
- Jamaican Cultural Collaboration, JAMS (Jamaican & Musical Art festival) sponsor
- "Road Not Brought, Much" NY Times Part City, April 15, 2007
- Jamaica Arts and Learning Center
- Queens neighborhood map
- 1873 map of Jamaica Village
- 1873 map of Jamaica City
- Queens County History : Jamaica New York: W.W. Munsell & amp; Together.; 1882. pp.Ã, 193-257.
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