(former) Gertz Department Store

Places of Interest Nearby

Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning

Arts center

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning in Jamaica, Queens, New York is a performing and visual arts center that was founded in 1972 in an effort to revitalize the surrounding business district.

Sidewalk clock on Jamaica Avenue

Clock

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The sidewalk clock on Jamaica Avenue is an early-20th-century sidewalk clock at the southwest corner of Jamaica Avenue and Union Hall Street in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building

Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.

J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building is a historic commercial building in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It was built in 1931 and is a six-story, steel-frame building with two decorated sides in the Art Deco style.

Places in the Area

Jamaica

Photo: Seshball, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Locust Manor

Neighborhood

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Locust Manor is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered on the north by Baisley Boulevard to Irwin Place to Roe Road to 120th Avenue, on the east by the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road to 121st Avenue to Farmers Boulevard, on the south by North Conduit Boulevard, and on the west by Guy R. Locust Manor is situated 1½ miles southeast of (former) Gertz Department Store.

Hollis

Neighborhood

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Hollis is a residential middle-class neighborhood within the southeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. Boundaries are considered to be 181st Street to the west, Hillside Avenue to the north, Francis Lewis Boulevard to the east, and Murdock Avenue to the south. Hollis is situated 1½ miles northeast of (former) Gertz Department Store.

(former) Gertz Department Store

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