Jamaica

Worth seeing in and around Jamaica

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   St. John's University

   St. John's University is a private Catholic university in Queens, New York City, United States.

   3.5 km · university in New York City, New York, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   TWA Flight Center

   The TWA Flight Center is a building at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, United States. Designed by Eero Saarinen and Associates for Trans World Airlines, the building was completed in 1962 and operated as an airport terminal for four decades.

   5.6 km · building in New York City · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Queens College

   Queens College is a public college in the New York City borough of Queens. Part of the City University of New York system, Queens College occupies an 83-acre campus primarily located in Flushing.

   5.1 km · college in New York City · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Queens Public Library

   The Queens Public Library, also known as the Queens Borough Public Library, is the public library for the borough of Queens, and one of three public library systems serving New York City. It is one of the largest library systems in the world by circulation, having loaned 13.5 million items in the 2015 fiscal year, and one of the largest in the country in terms of the size of its collection.

   2 km · library network in Queens, New York · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Forest Park

   Forest Park is a park in the New York City borough of Queens. Spanning 543 acres, it is the tenth-largest park in New York City and the third-largest in Queens.

   4 km · park in Queens, New York · Wikipedia
6. 06
   New York's 6th congressional district

   New York's 6th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, located entirely within Queens. It is represented by Democrat Grace Meng.

   5 km · U.S. House district for New York · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Mount Hebron Cemetery

   Mount Hebron is a Jewish cemetery located in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States. It was founded in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery, and occupies the vast majority of the grounds at Cedar Grove.

   5.2 km · cemetery in Flushing, Queens, New York City · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St. John Cemetery

   St. John Cemetery is an official Catholic burial ground located in Middle Village in Queens, a borough of New York City.

   5.8 km · cemetery in Middle Village, Queens, New York City · Wikipedia
9. 09
   First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica

   The First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica is located in Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of New York City. Organized in 1662, it is the oldest continuously serving Presbyterian church in the United States.

   1.7 km · church in New York, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Jamaica

Airports

John F. Kennedy (JFK), 6 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 11 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 31 km

Stations

104th Street, 3.2 km · Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard, 1.7 km · 111th Street, 2.7 km · Euclid Avenue station, 5.9 km · Forest Hills – 71st Avenue, 4.6 km

• Philadelphia → Jamaica

  141 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · $14–19
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• Hartford → Jamaica

  152 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · $14–19
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• Albany → Jamaica

  218 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · $20–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Jamaica

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jamaica. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Jamaica – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.