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'Jackson Heights' is a neighborhood in north-western portion of the borough of Queens in New York City, USA. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 3.[1]
Jackson Heights is an urban melting pot with many ethnic populations, but mainly consists of Latin Americans, multi-generational European, and Asian Americans. It is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States and the entire world. The Hispanic American population consists of a various mix of Latinos from many Latin American countries, mainly Ecuador, Colombia (67,000 population), Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay.There is also a large population of Europeans of multi-generational Italian, Jewish, Polish, Irish, and Russian descent. The Asian American community includes immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Korea, and the Philippines. Queens' Little India is located around the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and 74th Street, near Broadway (distinct from Broadway in Manhattan).
Jackson Heights is also where the IRT Flushing Line () train meets the IND Queens Boulevard Line () and numerous bus routes at the 74th Street-Broadway transportation hub, which has recently received a $100+ million renovation [1]. The community is bounded by Northern Boulevard to the north, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the west, Roosevelt Avenue to the south, and Junction Boulevard to the east. East Elmhurst, the area immediately to the north, from Northern Boulevard to the Grand Central Parkway, though not part of the original development, is sometimes regarded as a northward extension of the neighborhood.
The Jackson Heights name comes from Jackson Avenue, the former name for Northern Boulevard (the Jackson Avenue name is retained by this major road in a short stretch between Queensboro Plaza and the Queens Midtown Tunnel approaches, in the Long Island City neighborhood).
The picture at the right shows Corona in the vast majority of the picture. A small portion of Jackson Heights can be seen on the far left side, with East Elmhurst directly above it.
Most of the neighborhood is a National Register Historic District and about half is a designated New York City Historic District by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. It is comprised of large Garden Apartment buildings (the term was invented for buildings in Jackson Heights) and many groupings of private homes. It was a planned development laid out by Edward A. MacDougall's Queensboro Corporation beginning about 1917, and following the arrival of the No. 7 elevated line between Manhattan and Flushing. The community was initially planned as a place for middle to upper-middle income workers from Manhattan to raise their families. The Jackson Heights New York City Historic District ranges from parts of 88th Street through the early 70s. The Jackson Heights New York State and National Register Districts range from parts of 91st Street through part of 69th Street. A former golf course located between 76th and 78th Streets and 34th and 37th Avenues was built upon during the 1940s.
Jackson Heights is among the first garden city communities built in the United States, as part of the international Garden City movement at the turn of the last century. There are more private parks (historically called gardens by the residents) within walking distance of each other than in any other city in America. They are tucked in the mid-blocks, mostly hidden from view by the buildings surrounding them. Several approach the size of Gramercy Park in Manhattan, and one is slightly larger. As befits private parks, unless given an invitation, the key to gain entry is to own a co-op around its perimeter. The basis for the private ownership of the parks of Jackson Heights is derived from its founding principle; as a privately-owned little garden city, built largely under the oversight of one person. The private gardens help make the historic part of the neighborhood highly desirable.
The Historic District of Jackson Heights is also the more affluent part of Jackson Heights in its entirety.
Jackson Heights has a wide array of school choices within walking distance ( one of the largest in the country). Students attend P.S. 69 or P.S. 212or several other primary schools. Middle schools in the neighborhood include I.S. 145 and I.S. 230. There is also a well-regarded public Charter School (The Renaissance Charter School) as well as various private schools such as the well-known prep school (the Garden School) and parochial schools such as St Joan of Arc, Our Lady of Fatima, and Blessed Sacrament School. Hebrew School is also offered at The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights.
Even though most of the children from Kindergarten to Grade 8 stay in the wide array of schools in the neighborhood for elementary school , The majority of students in Jackson Heights go to high schools through out the five boroughs primarily in Manhattan & Queens. From public high schools — such as Stuyvesant High School , Academy of American Studies, Townsend Harris High School at Queens College, & Bronx High School of Science — to private high schools, such as Archbishop Molloy High School, Xavier High School, Regis High School, Trinity School, Dominican Academy and St. Francis Preparatory School.
Many residents commute to nearby Manhattan, ten to fifteen minutes away by express subway. The main retail thoroughfare is on 37th Avenue, with more retail on 82nd and 74th Streets on the block between 37th and Roosevelt Avenues. Roosevelt Avenue is also lined with various retail stores. The majority of 35th and 34th Avenues and most side streets between 37th Avenue and Northern Boulevard are zoned residential.
The community is home to various houses of worship from a wide array of religions.
The Jackson Heights Historic District has the largest density of sidewalk trees and greenery in New York City along its lush residential streets.
The prices of private homes, co-ops, & condos within Jackson Heights have risen rapidly in recent years, especially within the Historic Districts.
Jackson Heights is mainly composed of private homes, co-op buildings, and rentals, with a small number of condominiums. Rentals in the Jackson Heights Historic District range from about the low $1,000s to the high $1,000s depending on size. Co-ops and condos range from $150,000s for studios to $700,000 and up for "classic seven" apartments. Houses range from $550,000 to the low $1,000,000s.
Jackson Heights is known for its wide array of multi-cultural restaurants and establishments.
There is a Green market every Sunday morning during summer at Travers Park, as well as various family-oriented spring & summer concerts.
There is also a new small art gallery on Northern & 85th st & a film & food festival called The 7 International Arts Express festival that occurs every fall in locations throughout the neighborhood.
Colombian broadcaster RCN has its US-American headquarters in the neighborhood, reflecting the large Colombian population in the area.
The Jackson Heights Beautification Group (www.jhbg.org) is a community-based 501(C)3 nonprofit group with about 500 members. There is no paid staff. Volunteers organize concerts in Travers Park and an annual children's Halloween parade, clean graffiti, plant flowers all along 37th Avenue, and otherwise work to continue to improve the community. It is widely recognized as being concerned with only the historic landmark district.
The Western Jackson Heights Alliance [(http://www.wjha.org)] is a newer organization focusing on community issues west of 82nd Street. Traffic congestion, noise, sanitation and overdevelopment concerns prompted residents to form the group in 2006. The group has been successful in drawing attention to the lack of city planning and the absence of local leadership in dealing with these urgent 'quality of life' issues. The Alliance is committed to bringing city agencies, business interests, non-profit organizations and elected officials together to form and enact a coherent plan for Jackson Heights' future survival. Will Sweeney, a founding member, has emerged as a possible candidate in the 2009 City Council race.
Other organizations include The Jackson Heights Garden City Society & El Grupo de Accion.
Jackson Heights has followed the general patterns of New York City when it comes to crime. After spikes in the 1980s into the 1990s, crime has declined significantly. According to New York City CompStat statistics, measured crime has declined more than 70% in the last 13 years (1993 to 2006). As of August 2006, the two-year decline was 11% and the one-year decline was 8%.
During the height of New York City's drug violence, crusading anti-crime journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue, the former editor of ''El Diario-La Prensa'', was murdered while having dinner in an Elmhurst restaurant adjacent to Jackson Heights. Testimony at the trial of his murderer indicated that a Colombian drug lord had put out a $20,000 contract on de Dios. Today, a small park and street in the neighborhood bears Unanue's name in his memory.
Public school children from the Northridge Co-ops in Jackson Heights were the first in the city to be bused to a school out of the district, as part of the New York City busing experiment of the mid-1960s. This caused a great deal of turmoil within the neighborhood and the city itself, and became part of a heated national debate during the civil rights era, covered by the national media such as ''Time'', etc.
With the great diversity of this neighborhood, the young people in Jackson Heights come from a wide array of backgrounds. Travers Park is the main local playground. It has a wide variety of sports , including basketball, tennis, baseball, and handball.
★ Reflective of the tremendous diversity of the neighborhood, actors Lucy Liu, John Leguizamo, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Dobson, and Carroll O'Connor grew up in Jackson Heights, as did comedian Don Rickles, writer/director Peter Hoffman, film critic Jami Bernard, musician Gene Simmons of the rock group Kiss, playwright John Guare and Richard Grasso, former chairman of the NYSE.
★ Charles Chaplin had an apartment in the building The Towers in Historical Jackson Heights
★ Scrabble was invented by resident Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938, and perfected at Community Methodist Church. (A commemorative street sign at the corner of 35th Ave and 81st St, where the church still stands, was erected by the city in 2004.)
★ Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt lived in Jackson Heights for many years.
★ American short story writers Sandra Cisneros and Michael Gonsalves lived in Jackson Heights for most of their formative years.
★ Jackson Heights was the home of former assistant secretary of defense (1954-1957) Robert Tripp Ross, now deceased.
★ Avi Roy, famous basketball player resides on 83 st.
★ Actress Paula Garces lives in an apartment in Jackson Heights.
★ Major portions of the Academy Award nominated1 film 'Maria Full of Grace' (2004) were filmed on location in Jackson Heights. Minor portions of the movie Random Hearts (1999) were filmed in Jackson Heights on 35th avenue between 76th and 77th street.
★ Much of the Alfred Hitchcock film, ''The Wrong Man'', takes place within a few blocks of the intersection of Broadway and 74th Street. The former ''Victor Moore Arcade'' and the connecting subway station, were prominently featured in the movie. The arcade was demolished and rebuilt from 1998 to 2005 and is now known as the Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal. It was named after Jackson Heights resident, Victor Moore, who was a famous Broadway and film actor from the era of silent film to the 1950s.
★ Jackson Heights was an important place during the Great American Boycott of 2006. On that day, 37th avenue between 83rd and 79th street was filled with protesters cheering "si se puede!".
★ Colombian broadcaster RCN has its American headquarters there.
★ Jackson Heights is the site of the annual Queens Gay Pride Parade, which is held on 37th Avenue, (a lavender line is painted down the center of the avenue for the event,) on the first Sunday in June of every year. There is a street festival held on 37th Road, off Roosevelt Avenue, following the parade and lasts all day.
★ http://jacksonheightsnyc.blogspot.com
★ http://www.jhbg.org
★ http://www.wjha.org
★ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jhcommunity
★ http://www.ygallerynewyork.com/index.html
★ http://www.jacksonheightsnyc.com
★ http://www.mpcproperties.com
★ http://www.beaudoinrealtor.com
★ http://www.seveninternationalartsexpress.org
★ http://queens.about.com/od/photogalleries/ss/jh_coops.htm
★ http://newyork.citysearch.com/feature/37418/history.html
★ http://www.communitygreens.org/ExistingGreens/jacksonheights/jacksonheights.htm
★ http://www.nyc.gov/html/nextstopnyc/html/neighborhoods/jackson_heights_main.shtml
1. Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
★ Encyclopedia of New York City, , Kenneth, Jackson, Yale University Press, 1995,
★ Scrabble Avenue: Scrabble Invented in Jackson Heights
★ Jackson Heights Indian community guide
A typical residential street in Jackson Heights.
'Jackson Heights' is a neighborhood in north-western portion of the borough of Queens in New York City, USA. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 3.[1]
Jackson Heights is an urban melting pot with many ethnic populations, but mainly consists of Latin Americans, multi-generational European, and Asian Americans. It is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States and the entire world. The Hispanic American population consists of a various mix of Latinos from many Latin American countries, mainly Ecuador, Colombia (67,000 population), Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay.There is also a large population of Europeans of multi-generational Italian, Jewish, Polish, Irish, and Russian descent. The Asian American community includes immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Korea, and the Philippines. Queens' Little India is located around the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and 74th Street, near Broadway (distinct from Broadway in Manhattan).
| Contents |
| Geography and Transportation |
| History |
| Education |
| Community |
| Youth |
| Notable residents |
| Use as a film location |
| Trivia |
| Jackson Heights Websites |
| References |
| Sources |
Geography and Transportation
Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights is also where the IRT Flushing Line () train meets the IND Queens Boulevard Line () and numerous bus routes at the 74th Street-Broadway transportation hub, which has recently received a $100+ million renovation [1]. The community is bounded by Northern Boulevard to the north, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the west, Roosevelt Avenue to the south, and Junction Boulevard to the east. East Elmhurst, the area immediately to the north, from Northern Boulevard to the Grand Central Parkway, though not part of the original development, is sometimes regarded as a northward extension of the neighborhood.
The Jackson Heights name comes from Jackson Avenue, the former name for Northern Boulevard (the Jackson Avenue name is retained by this major road in a short stretch between Queensboro Plaza and the Queens Midtown Tunnel approaches, in the Long Island City neighborhood).
The picture at the right shows Corona in the vast majority of the picture. A small portion of Jackson Heights can be seen on the far left side, with East Elmhurst directly above it.
History
Most of the neighborhood is a National Register Historic District and about half is a designated New York City Historic District by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. It is comprised of large Garden Apartment buildings (the term was invented for buildings in Jackson Heights) and many groupings of private homes. It was a planned development laid out by Edward A. MacDougall's Queensboro Corporation beginning about 1917, and following the arrival of the No. 7 elevated line between Manhattan and Flushing. The community was initially planned as a place for middle to upper-middle income workers from Manhattan to raise their families. The Jackson Heights New York City Historic District ranges from parts of 88th Street through the early 70s. The Jackson Heights New York State and National Register Districts range from parts of 91st Street through part of 69th Street. A former golf course located between 76th and 78th Streets and 34th and 37th Avenues was built upon during the 1940s.
Jackson Heights is among the first garden city communities built in the United States, as part of the international Garden City movement at the turn of the last century. There are more private parks (historically called gardens by the residents) within walking distance of each other than in any other city in America. They are tucked in the mid-blocks, mostly hidden from view by the buildings surrounding them. Several approach the size of Gramercy Park in Manhattan, and one is slightly larger. As befits private parks, unless given an invitation, the key to gain entry is to own a co-op around its perimeter. The basis for the private ownership of the parks of Jackson Heights is derived from its founding principle; as a privately-owned little garden city, built largely under the oversight of one person. The private gardens help make the historic part of the neighborhood highly desirable.
The Historic District of Jackson Heights is also the more affluent part of Jackson Heights in its entirety.
Education
Jackson Heights has a wide array of school choices within walking distance ( one of the largest in the country). Students attend P.S. 69 or P.S. 212or several other primary schools. Middle schools in the neighborhood include I.S. 145 and I.S. 230. There is also a well-regarded public Charter School (The Renaissance Charter School) as well as various private schools such as the well-known prep school (the Garden School) and parochial schools such as St Joan of Arc, Our Lady of Fatima, and Blessed Sacrament School. Hebrew School is also offered at The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights.
Even though most of the children from Kindergarten to Grade 8 stay in the wide array of schools in the neighborhood for elementary school , The majority of students in Jackson Heights go to high schools through out the five boroughs primarily in Manhattan & Queens. From public high schools — such as Stuyvesant High School , Academy of American Studies, Townsend Harris High School at Queens College, & Bronx High School of Science — to private high schools, such as Archbishop Molloy High School, Xavier High School, Regis High School, Trinity School, Dominican Academy and St. Francis Preparatory School.
Community
Many residents commute to nearby Manhattan, ten to fifteen minutes away by express subway. The main retail thoroughfare is on 37th Avenue, with more retail on 82nd and 74th Streets on the block between 37th and Roosevelt Avenues. Roosevelt Avenue is also lined with various retail stores. The majority of 35th and 34th Avenues and most side streets between 37th Avenue and Northern Boulevard are zoned residential.
The community is home to various houses of worship from a wide array of religions.
The Jackson Heights Historic District has the largest density of sidewalk trees and greenery in New York City along its lush residential streets.
The prices of private homes, co-ops, & condos within Jackson Heights have risen rapidly in recent years, especially within the Historic Districts.
Jackson Heights is mainly composed of private homes, co-op buildings, and rentals, with a small number of condominiums. Rentals in the Jackson Heights Historic District range from about the low $1,000s to the high $1,000s depending on size. Co-ops and condos range from $150,000s for studios to $700,000 and up for "classic seven" apartments. Houses range from $550,000 to the low $1,000,000s.
Jackson Heights is known for its wide array of multi-cultural restaurants and establishments.
There is a Green market every Sunday morning during summer at Travers Park, as well as various family-oriented spring & summer concerts.
There is also a new small art gallery on Northern & 85th st & a film & food festival called The 7 International Arts Express festival that occurs every fall in locations throughout the neighborhood.
Colombian broadcaster RCN has its US-American headquarters in the neighborhood, reflecting the large Colombian population in the area.
The Jackson Heights Beautification Group (www.jhbg.org) is a community-based 501(C)3 nonprofit group with about 500 members. There is no paid staff. Volunteers organize concerts in Travers Park and an annual children's Halloween parade, clean graffiti, plant flowers all along 37th Avenue, and otherwise work to continue to improve the community. It is widely recognized as being concerned with only the historic landmark district.
The Western Jackson Heights Alliance [(http://www.wjha.org)] is a newer organization focusing on community issues west of 82nd Street. Traffic congestion, noise, sanitation and overdevelopment concerns prompted residents to form the group in 2006. The group has been successful in drawing attention to the lack of city planning and the absence of local leadership in dealing with these urgent 'quality of life' issues. The Alliance is committed to bringing city agencies, business interests, non-profit organizations and elected officials together to form and enact a coherent plan for Jackson Heights' future survival. Will Sweeney, a founding member, has emerged as a possible candidate in the 2009 City Council race.
Other organizations include The Jackson Heights Garden City Society & El Grupo de Accion.
Jackson Heights has followed the general patterns of New York City when it comes to crime. After spikes in the 1980s into the 1990s, crime has declined significantly. According to New York City CompStat statistics, measured crime has declined more than 70% in the last 13 years (1993 to 2006). As of August 2006, the two-year decline was 11% and the one-year decline was 8%.
During the height of New York City's drug violence, crusading anti-crime journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue, the former editor of ''El Diario-La Prensa'', was murdered while having dinner in an Elmhurst restaurant adjacent to Jackson Heights. Testimony at the trial of his murderer indicated that a Colombian drug lord had put out a $20,000 contract on de Dios. Today, a small park and street in the neighborhood bears Unanue's name in his memory.
Public school children from the Northridge Co-ops in Jackson Heights were the first in the city to be bused to a school out of the district, as part of the New York City busing experiment of the mid-1960s. This caused a great deal of turmoil within the neighborhood and the city itself, and became part of a heated national debate during the civil rights era, covered by the national media such as ''Time'', etc.
Youth
With the great diversity of this neighborhood, the young people in Jackson Heights come from a wide array of backgrounds. Travers Park is the main local playground. It has a wide variety of sports , including basketball, tennis, baseball, and handball.
Notable residents
★ Reflective of the tremendous diversity of the neighborhood, actors Lucy Liu, John Leguizamo, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Dobson, and Carroll O'Connor grew up in Jackson Heights, as did comedian Don Rickles, writer/director Peter Hoffman, film critic Jami Bernard, musician Gene Simmons of the rock group Kiss, playwright John Guare and Richard Grasso, former chairman of the NYSE.
★ Charles Chaplin had an apartment in the building The Towers in Historical Jackson Heights
★ Scrabble was invented by resident Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938, and perfected at Community Methodist Church. (A commemorative street sign at the corner of 35th Ave and 81st St, where the church still stands, was erected by the city in 2004.)
★ Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt lived in Jackson Heights for many years.
★ American short story writers Sandra Cisneros and Michael Gonsalves lived in Jackson Heights for most of their formative years.
★ Jackson Heights was the home of former assistant secretary of defense (1954-1957) Robert Tripp Ross, now deceased.
★ Avi Roy, famous basketball player resides on 83 st.
★ Actress Paula Garces lives in an apartment in Jackson Heights.
Use as a film location
★ Major portions of the Academy Award nominated1 film 'Maria Full of Grace' (2004) were filmed on location in Jackson Heights. Minor portions of the movie Random Hearts (1999) were filmed in Jackson Heights on 35th avenue between 76th and 77th street.
★ Much of the Alfred Hitchcock film, ''The Wrong Man'', takes place within a few blocks of the intersection of Broadway and 74th Street. The former ''Victor Moore Arcade'' and the connecting subway station, were prominently featured in the movie. The arcade was demolished and rebuilt from 1998 to 2005 and is now known as the Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal. It was named after Jackson Heights resident, Victor Moore, who was a famous Broadway and film actor from the era of silent film to the 1950s.
Trivia
★ Jackson Heights was an important place during the Great American Boycott of 2006. On that day, 37th avenue between 83rd and 79th street was filled with protesters cheering "si se puede!".
★ Colombian broadcaster RCN has its American headquarters there.
★ Jackson Heights is the site of the annual Queens Gay Pride Parade, which is held on 37th Avenue, (a lavender line is painted down the center of the avenue for the event,) on the first Sunday in June of every year. There is a street festival held on 37th Road, off Roosevelt Avenue, following the parade and lasts all day.
Jackson Heights Websites
★ http://jacksonheightsnyc.blogspot.com
★ http://www.jhbg.org
★ http://www.wjha.org
★ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jhcommunity
★ http://www.ygallerynewyork.com/index.html
★ http://www.jacksonheightsnyc.com
★ http://www.mpcproperties.com
★ http://www.beaudoinrealtor.com
★ http://www.seveninternationalartsexpress.org
★ http://queens.about.com/od/photogalleries/ss/jh_coops.htm
★ http://newyork.citysearch.com/feature/37418/history.html
★ http://www.communitygreens.org/ExistingGreens/jacksonheights/jacksonheights.htm
★ http://www.nyc.gov/html/nextstopnyc/html/neighborhoods/jackson_heights_main.shtml
References
1. Queens Community Boards, New York City. Accessed September 3, 2007.
Sources
★ Encyclopedia of New York City, , Kenneth, Jackson, Yale University Press, 1995,
★ Scrabble Avenue: Scrabble Invented in Jackson Heights
★ Jackson Heights Indian community guide
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