Jamaica Hills
Jamaica Hills is a small middle class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is surrounded by Hillcrest, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica, and Briarwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens
- Also known as: “Jamaica Hills, Queens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Captain George H Tilly Park and Masjid Al-Mamoor.
Captain George H Tilly Park
Park
Captain Tilly Park is a 9.16-acre park in Jamaica Hills, Queens, New York, north of downtown Jamaica. 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.
Masjid Al-Mamoor
Mosque
Masjid Al-Mamoor, also known as the Jamaica Muslim Center, is one of the largest multi-purpose Muslim establishments in Jamaica, New York. The center includes a mosque, a school, and a place for religious gatherings and eating facilities.
Jamaica High School
School building
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Jamaica High School was a four-year public high school in Jamaica, Queens, 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamaica and Pomonok.
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.
Pomonok
Neighborhood
Pomonok is a working class neighborhood within the Flushing area in the New York City borough of Queens. 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.
Fresh Meadows
Neighborhood
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Fresh Meadows is a neighborhood in the northeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. Fresh Meadows used to be part of the broader town of Flushing and is bordered to the north by the Horace Harding Expressway and Auburndale; to the west by Pomonok, St. Fresh Meadows is situated 1½ miles north of Jamaica Hills.
Jamaica Hills
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Jamaica Hills” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “牙买加小丘”
- Chinese: “牙買加小丘”
- Esperanto: “Jamajkaj Montetoj”
- French: “Jamaica Hills”
- German: “Jamaica Hills”
- Japanese: “ジャマイカ・ヒルズ (クイーンズ)”
- Scots: “Jamaica Hills, Queens”
- Scots: “Jamaica Hills”
- Spanish: “Jamaica Hills”
- Swedish: “Jamaica Hills”
- Urdu: “جمیکا ہلز، کوئینز”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hillside and Briarwood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Goose Pond and Joseph Austin Playground.
Queens: Must-Visit Destinations
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