Briarwood
Briarwood is a middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by the Van Wyck Expressway to the west, Parsons Boulevard to the east, Union Turnpike to the north, and Hillside Avenue to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 53,900 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Queens in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Briarwood, Queens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forest Park and Jamaica.
Forest Park
Photo: Joe Shlabotnik, CC BY 2.0.
Forest Park is the name of a large city park and a section of Queens, a borough of New York City. It includes the neighborhoods of Forest Hills, a well-kept, leafy neighborhood of relatively well-to-do homeowners and immigrants from areas including the former…
Jamaica
Railway station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
Jamaica station is a major train station on the Long Island Rail Road located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. With weekday ridership exceeding 200,000 passengers, it is the largest transit hub on Long Island, the fourth-busiest rail station in North America, and the second-busiest station that exclusively serves commuter traffic.
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Hospital
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is a private, non-profit teaching hospital and emergency facility in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York City, on the service road of the Van Wyck Expressway at Jamaica Avenue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamaica and Flushing-Northeast.
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.
Flushing-Northeast
Flushing-Northeast is a large area of Queens, a borough of New York City. Flushing contains a very large Chinatown, and in fact is more diverse than Manhattan's Chinatown.
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. The area borders Kew Gardens and Forest Park to the north, Jamaica and South Jamaica to the east, South Ozone Park to the south, and Woodhaven and Ozone Park to the west.
Briarwood
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Briarwood” goes by many names.
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kew Gardens Hills and Jamaica Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Archbishop Molloy High School and Manton Playground.
Queens: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Flushing-Northeast, and Long Island City and Astoria.
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