Jamaica, Queens (usa)

Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica, Queens ranks 2,746th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Kankakee, Illinois, and Hamilton, Ohio. Memorable people born in Jamaica, Queens include Dan Flavin, Mario Cuomo, and Kyle O'Quinn. Memorable people who died in Jamaica, Queens include Jo Van Fleet, James P. Johnson, and Rufus King. Jamaica, Queens has been the birth place of many basketball players and sculptors and the death place of many actors and musicians. Jamaica, Queens is located in United States.

Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is mainly composed of a large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis to the east; St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Rochdale Village to the southeast; South Jamaica to the south; Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park to the west; Briarwood to the northwest; and Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica Hills, and Jamaica Estates to the north. Read more on Wikipedia