Jamaica, Queens (usa)

Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica, Queens ranks 3,656th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shaker Heights, Ohio, Frascati, and Oakville, Ontario. Memorable people born in Jamaica, Queens include Dan Flavin, Scott Ian, and Dalilah Muhammad. Memorable people who died in Jamaica, Queens include Jo Van Fleet, Rufus King, and Jam Master Jay. Jamaica, Queens has been the birth place of many basketball players, and sculptors and the death place of many actors, and politicians. Jamaica, Queens is located in United States.

Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It has a popular large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis, St Albans, and Cambria Heights to the east; South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Springfield Gardens to the south; Laurelton and Rosedale to the southeast; Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, and Aqueduct Racetrack to the west and southwest; Briarwood to the northwest; and Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica Hills, and Jamaica Estates to the north. Read more on Wikipedia