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Jamaica, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Jamaica is a district of Queens, part of New York City, where the First Reformed Church stands.
About Jamaica
Where to stay in Jamaica
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Jamaica is a Queens district. Rooms here belong to the wider New York City market rather than to a destination in their own right, so most travellers weigh a bed in Jamaica against one nearer the centre. Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park and Kew Gardens all lie within a few kilometres.
The First Reformed Church is the fixed point in the district itself.
About Jamaica
What are the main landmarks in Jamaica?
The First Reformed Church is the one protected building recorded in Jamaica, a congregation's house standing among the ordinary streets of this part of Queens. Jamaica's list ends there. No museum or monument stands beside it.
What Jamaica offers instead is an ordinary district of a few square kilometres within Queens, one of the boroughs of New York City in the United States.
What is the history of Jamaica?
One building carries the past. The First Reformed Church is the sole protected structure recorded in Jamaica, and its name marks it as the earliest Reformed congregation established in this corner of Queens. Beyond that, Jamaica's story runs with that of New York City and of New York state around it.
Richmond Hill, Hollis and South Ozone Park lie within a few kilometres.
Where is Jamaica?
Jamaica covers a few square kilometres of the Queens borough of New York City, in the state of New York in the United States.
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Updated September 2026