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The Queens Detention Facility (QDF) is a federal prison in the Springfield Gardens neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens, New York City, and operated by the private prison company GEO Group. The facility opened in March 1997 under a contract between GEO Group and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . [ 1 ]
King Manor, also known as the Rufus King House, is a historic house at 150th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.The two-story house is the main structure in Rufus King Park, an 11.5-acre (4.7 ha) public park that preserves part of the former estate of Rufus King, a U.S. Founding Father.
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.It has a popular large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis, St Albans, and Cambria Heights to the east; South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Springfield Gardens to the south; Laurelton and Rosedale to the southeast ...
A sicko textile worker ran a “rape room” at the at the Queens factory of a major British clothing brand, French Connection, where he openly preyed on female colleagues, a new lawsuit claims.
Bellerose – 243rd Street and Braddock Avenue; Queens Village – Jamaica Avenue and Springfield Boulevard; Q36: Floral Park – 257th Street and Jamaica Avenue/Jericho Turnpike; Little Neck LIRR station (weekdays only) [note 1] Q43: Floral Park – 268th Street and Hillside Avenue: Length: 4.2 miles (6.8 km) (Q1 Queens Village branch) [3]
Jamaica Avenue was part of a pre-Columbian trail for tribes from as far away as the Ohio River and the Great Lakes, coming to trade skins and furs for wampum.It was in 1655 that the first settlers paid the Native Americans with two guns, a coat, and some powder and lead, for the land lying between the old trail and "Beaver Pond", later Baisley Pond.
Jamaica-bound Q43 buses from Hillside head west on Jamaica Avenue instead. South from Jamaica Avenue, the Q6 goes to Rockaway Boulevard, the Q8 and Q9 head to Liberty Avenue, the Q41 runs to 94th Avenue (Howard Beach) or from 95th Avenue (165th Street Terminal), and the Q60 runs to Archer Avenue (Sutphin/Archer/JFK station), 108th Avenue (South ...
After terminating in Jamaica, the Q111, Q113, and Q114 buses run from Hillside Avenue to Archer Avenue for their opposite terminals. The Q112 follows suit but its Jamaica terminus is at 89th Avenue and it leaves at Jamaica Avenue, along with most Q110 buses from 88th Avenue. The Electchester-bound Q64 runs from Jewel Avenue to 71st Avenue.