Jamaica
Jamaica is an expansive neighborhood located in eastern Queens. Historically consisting of predominantly black communities, Jamaica now is home to an extremely diverse array of peoples and cultures.Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Quarter with 217,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Queens, New York City, United States
- Address: 148-02 Archer Avenue, 11435
- Postal codes: 11405, 11424, 11425, 11430-11435, 11435, 11436, 11439, 11451 and 11499
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5.
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Notable Places in the Area
Jamaica
Railway station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
The Jamaica station is a major train station of the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.
King Manor
Museum
Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
King Manor, also known as the Rufus King House, is a historic house at 150th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.
Localities in the Area
Richmond Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: DoomDan515, Public domain.
Richmond Hill is a commercial and residential neighborhood located in the southeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. Richmond Hill is situated 1½ miles west of Jamaica.
Jamaica
- Categories: neighborhood in Queens and locality
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.70291° or 40° 42' 11" northLongitude
-73.80064° or 73° 48' 2" westPopulation
217,000Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
US UJVOpen Location Code
87G8P53X+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 2870761549OpenStreetMap Feature
place=quarterJamaica Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Jamaica, Queens
- Arabic: جامايكا
- Armenian: Ջամեյկա
- Asturian: Jamaica
- Catalan: Jamaica
- Cebuano: Jamaica
- Chinese: 牙买加 (纽约市皇后区)
- Chinese: 牙买加
- Chinese: 牙买加区
- Chinese: 牙買加 (皇后區)
- Czech: Jamaica
- Danish: Jamaica
- Dutch: Jamaica
- Dutch: Rustdorp
- English: Jamaica, New York City
- English: Jamaica, Queens
- Esperanto: Jamajko
- Finnish: Jamaica
- French: Jamaica
- German: Jamaica
- Greek: Τζαμάικα, Νέα Υόρκη
- Hebrew: ג'מייקה
- Hebrew: גמייקה
- Hungarian: Jamaica
- Irish: Jamaica
- Italian: Jamaica
- Japanese: ジャマイカ (クイーンズ)
- Japanese: ジャマイカ・センター
- Japanese: ジャマイカ地区
- Japanese: ヒルサイド (クイーンズ)
- Korean: 자메이카
- Norwegian: Jamaica
- Norwegian Bokmål: Jamaica
- Persian: جامائیکا، کوئینز
- Polish: Jamaica
- Portuguese: Jamaica
- Russian: Джамейка
- Scots: Jamaica, Queens
- Scots: Jamaica
- Slovak: Jamaica
- Slovenian: Jamaica
- South Azerbaijani: جامائیکا، کوئینز
- Spanish: Jamaica
- Spanish: Jamaica (Queens)
- Swedish: Jamaica, Queens
- Tatar: Җәмәйкә
- Turkish: Jamaica, Queens
- Ukrainian: Джамейка
- Urdu: جمیکا، قینس
- Urdu: جمیکا کوئینز
- Vietnamese: Jamaica
- Jaimaica
- Jamaicah
- Jamaick
- Jamaico
- Jamaika
- Jamanica
- Jameco
- Jemaica
- Jemaicae
- Jemaico
- Jemecah
Other Places Named Jamaica
Localities in the Area
- HillsideNeighborhood
- Cedar ManorNeighborhood
- Morris ParkNeighborhood
- Cedar Manor HousesNeighborhood
- LocustNeighborhood, 1½ miles southeast
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Jamaica. Photo: Seshball, CC BY 2.0.