South Jamaica is a neighborhood located in the borough of Queens, part of the Metropolitan area of New York City. It is part of Queens Community Board 12. South Jamaica is south of busy Jamaica Avenue, the Long Island Real Road and is surrounded by Liberty Avenue, Merrick Boulevard, the Belt Parkway and the Van Wyck Expressway.
South Jamaica is known as a large working-class community consisting primarily of one and two-family houses and a number of smaller apartment buildings, along with some public housing projects.
Baisley Pond Park has over 100 acres of outdoor recreational space, including a 30 acre pond in South Jamaica, Queens.
As of 2010 census, there were 38,894 people, 11,988 households, and 8,835 families residing in the area. The median income for a household in the village is $59,354, and the average home sale price was $359,291. Males had a total population of 8916 (45.98 %) and 10473 (54.02 %) for females.
Baisley Pond Park has over 100 acres of outdoor recreational space, including a 30 acre pond in South Jamaica, Queens.
In the early 19th century, the area was originally a fertile farmland for the bludgeoning urban metropolis of New York. However, South Jamaica was developed with the rest of the borough, but is generally taken for granted as a place in which one can find exceptional shopping bargains, food from all over the world and of course, transit between JFK, LaGuardia and Manhattan. The full worth of South Jamaica isn’t widely appreciated.
Baisley Pond Park has over 100 acres of outdoor recreational space, including a 30 acre pond in South Jamaica, Queens.
In the early 1960s, Rochdale Village was the largest housing complex of its kind in the world when it was first ready for use. The complex is part of South Jamaica. York College, which is part of the City University of New York, houses a rare Jazz Museum. The national real estate boom has provided for a safe place of newly constructed multi-family homes. Currently, most of the homes for sale in the area were recently built.
Baisley Pond Park has over 100 acres of outdoor recreational space, including a 30 acre pond in South Jamaica, Queens.
Well-known people living in South Jamaica include Bob Beamon (Olympic Athlete), Lamar Odom (NBA Basketball Player), Rafer Alston (NBA Basketball Player), Mario Cuomo (former governor of New York), and Pharoah Monch (rapper formerly of the rap group Organized Konfusion). It has a large number of African American immigrants with increasing numbers of Latin American and West Indies moving into the community in recent decades. There is also a small population of Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Guyanese, Haitians, Trinidadians, and Russians in the area.
Baisley Pond Park has over 100 acres of outdoor recreational space, including a 30 acre pond in South Jamaica, Queens.
The local Queens library is located on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. Live entertainment can be seen in the neighborhood with a focus on soul music. Some outstanding food and value can be found in streets hidden from the hordes that descend on Jamaica for shopping. Real estate in South Jamaica is very much affordable with a mixed of large apartment complexes and scores of individual homes. Home price value starts at $300,000 and the better properties sell for more than twice the entry value. Apartment rentals start at less than $100,000.
Jamaica Bay Riding Academy, located in Brooklyn along Shore Parkway or the Belt Parkway, is a family-owned equestrian facility since 1972. The Riding Academy offers guided instructional rides, boarding facilities, horseback riding lessons, horse leasing, shows, summer camps, therapeutic riding and more.
A monument dedicated to the parents of the Danza family, to their children, now owners and operators of the Jamaica Bay Riding Academy.
Nearby Jamaica Bay is an 18,000-acre wetland surrounded by the Rockaway Peninsula to the South, Brooklyn to the West, and Queens to the East. Comprising an area almost equal to that of Manhattan, the bay consists of numerous islands, a labyrinth of waterways, meadow-lands, and two freshwater ponds. The wetlands provide a unique environment for both wildlife preservation and urban recreation. According to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation the area hosts over 325 species of birds, 50 species of butterflies, and 100 species of finfish.
