Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in northern Queens, New York. The area currently has a large immigrant population, notably from India and Bangladesh, and a large Hispanic community. "Little India" is located around the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Broadway (not the famous Broadway of Manhattan), which is also where the Flushing Line ('7') meets the Queens Boulevard Line ('E', 'F', 'V', 'G', and 'R'). Much of the neighborhood is a designated Historical District, comprising large Garden Apartment buildings. It was a planned development of the Queensboro Corporation laid out in the 1920's following the arrival of the Flushing elevated train.
The community consists mostly of middle-income to upscale apartments. Many residents commute to nearby Manhattan. The main thoroughfare is bustling 37th Avenue. Jackson Heights is a melting pot with heavy Indian, Jewish, Korean, Polish, and other minority populations. It also contains the largest gay and lesbian community outside of Manhattan. Most students attend P.S.69Q for primary school. The community is home to many old churches and temples. A former golf course located between 76th and 78th Streets, and 34th and 37th Avenues was built over in the late 1940's. Colombian broadcaster RCN has its American headquarters there. http://jhbg.org/
For nearly a century, the historic community of JacksonHeights in Queens has maintained its acres of shared interior courtyards: green spaces that range from open lawns to planted gardens to shaded canopies of ivy-clad trees.
The community of JacksonHeights was to include both residential and commercial buildings, creating a "city within a city" which would fulfill all the needs of its residents, while still allowing them easy access to Manhattan.
The splendor of JacksonHeights is its characterization as an urban neighborhood with lush interior gardens, whose residents' commitment to their community and defense of their green space attests to the importance they place on these unique amenities.
The boundaries of JacksonHeights are the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the west, Grand Central Expressway on the north, Junction Boulevard on the east, and Roosevelt Avenue on the south.
JacksonHeights was conceived by entrepreneur Edward MacDougal, who in 1908 bought land in the area to capitalize on the opening of the Queensboro Bridge.
JacksonHeights is noted for its ethnic and cultural diversity, and a remarkable array of restaurants.
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