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Jackson Heights, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Jackson Heights is a neighbourhood of Queens whose kitchens run from Indian and Thai to Peruvian and Argentine.
About Jackson Heights
Where to stay in Jackson Heights
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Travellers who stay in Jackson Heights come for the restaurants above all, a run of kitchens serving Indian, Thai, Korean, Mexican, Peruvian, Italian and Argentine food within a few blocks of one another. Queens is the setting. Woodside and Elmhurst adjoin, and Corona lies beyond them.
The rest of New York City sits a short ride off, which is how most visitors arrive and where many choose to sleep instead.
About Jackson Heights
What are the main landmarks in Jackson Heights?
Three churches carry the heritage listings. The Reformed Church of Newtown and the Winfield Reformed Church keep two Reformed congregations on the ground, while Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church serves another in the same corner of Queens. The real draw is what comes to the table.
Restaurants along the neighbourhood's streets cover Indian, Thai, Korean, Mexican, Peruvian, Italian and Argentine cooking, drawing New Yorkers out from the rest of the city.
What is the history of Jackson Heights?
Older parish names survive here. The Reformed Church of Newtown and the Winfield Reformed Church both carry names that are not the neighbourhood's own, while Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church stands a short way off in the same stretch of Queens. Woodside, Elmhurst and Corona are usually treated with it as one area.
What has made the name known beyond New York City is the eating: kitchens cooking Peruvian, Mexican, Korean and Indian food within a few streets.
Where is Jackson Heights?
Jackson Heights lies in Queens, a borough of New York City, with Woodside on one side and Elmhurst and Corona on the other.
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Updated September 2026