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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 ...
The Toys were an American pop girl group from Jamaica, New York, which was formed in 1961 and disbanded in 1968. [1] Their most successful recording was "A Lover's Concerto" (1965), which sold more than two million copies and reached the number-two spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
B. Obba Babatundé; Lloyd Banks; Crackhead Barney; Luis Barragan (executive) Bas (rapper) Thomas Benedict; Casey Benjamin; Peter Berg (bioregionalist) Yummy Bingham
On the morning of December 22, 2024, a woman, later identified as Debrina Kawam (born Debbie Kawam [2]), was immolated by a man while she was sleeping [3] on the New York City Subway while an F train was stopped at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn.
Gwendolyn L. Ifill (/ ˈ aɪ f əl / EYE-fəl; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) [1] was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in Review. [2]
Marie was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York. [3] Marie married Albert L. Brown, also African-American. The couple lived at 151–158 & 135th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York. [4] She had no siblings. [5] Marie and Albert had two children. Their daughter also became a nurse and inventor. [6] Marie died in Queens on February 2, 1999 aged ...
Jacqueline Bishop is a writer, visual artist and photographer from Jamaica, who now lives in New York City, where she is a professor at the School of Liberal Studies at New York University (NYU). [1] She is the founder of Calabash , an online journal of Caribbean art and letters, housed at NYU, [ 2 ] and also writes for the Huffington Post and ...
Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, model and actress. [13] She began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for fashion houses such as Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue.