Jamaica High School

Jamaica High School was a four-year public high school in , New York. It was operated by the New York City Department of Education. Jamaica High School was founded as the Union Free School in 1854, and located within a three-story wooden structure on what is now 161st Street.
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  • Type: School building
  • Description: high school in Queens, New York City
  • Also known as: “Jamaica Educational Campus”
  • Address: 167-01 Gothic Drive, Jamaica, NY 11432

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Masjid Al-Mamoor and Captain George H Tilly Park.

Mosque
, also known as the Jamaica Muslim Center, is one of the largest multi-purpose Muslim establishments in . The center includes a , a school, and a place for religious gatherings and eating facilities. is situated 870 feet southeast of Jamaica High School.

Park
Captain Tilly Park is a 9.16-acre park in , New York, north of downtown . It is bordered by 165th Street to the west, 85th Avenue to the north, Chapin Parkway and Gothic Drive to the northeast, and Highland Avenue to the south.

School
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School is a four-year public secondary school in 's community in . is situated 820 feet north of Jamaica High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jamaica and Pomonok.

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is an expansive neighborhood located in eastern . Historically consisting of predominantly black communities, now is home to an extremely diverse array of peoples and cultures.

Neighborhood
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is a working class neighborhood within the area in the borough of . Its borders are the Long Island Expressway to the north; Kissena Boulevard to the west; 73rd Avenue to the south; and 164th Street to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the northeastern section of the borough of . used to be part of the broader town of and is bordered to the north by the Horace Harding Expressway and ; to the west by , St.

Jamaica High School

Latitude
40.71421° or 40° 42′ 51″ north
Longitude
-73.79803° or 73° 47′ 53″ west
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
Height
73 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
87G8P672+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 248266778
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­school
Geo­Names ID
5122524
Wiki­data ID
Q14706609
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Jamaica High School” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Jamaica Bigarren Hezkuntzako Institutua”
  • Basque: “Jamaica High School”
  • Belarusian: “Ямайская школа”
  • Catalan: “Jamaica High School”
  • French: “Jamaica High School”
  • Hebrew: “תיכון ג’מייקה”
  • Irish: “Ardscoil Jamaica”
  • Spanish: “Instituto de Secundaria Jamaica”
  • Swedish: “Jamaica High School”
  • “Jamaica High School”

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