DEVELOPER Fred Trump (1905-1999) began building middle-class houses in Queens from a very young age, during the 1920s, and built Trump Market at Jamaica Avenue and 78th Avenue in the…
Jamaica Estates
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Union Turnpike evolved from a short road in Glendale called Union Avenue. As it was built east and gained length in the early 20th Century, it was renamed Union Turnpike,…
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Today my idea was to walk from Jamaica Estates, one of two ritzy (or mostly ritzy, in comparison to where I’ve lived) areas in northern Jamaica, all the way home…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent This city has more college campuses than any other in the nation. On our previous campus sojourns, we visited CCNY, the Hall of Fame…
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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent Stockholm Street isn’t the only yellow-bricked road in Queens — a short stretch of Foothill Avenue at 193rd Street in Jamaica Estates boasts…
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Chevy Chase Street runs through the semi-ritzy Jamaica Estates neighborhood in eastern Queens between Union Turnpike and the Grand Central Parkway. Needless to say, it was named a few decades…
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The 179th Street station (F train) at Hillside Avenue can claim to be the easternmost subway, as in underground, station in the city (though the Far Rockaway station (A/H) is…