Hillcrest

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Hillcrest is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.The neighborhood is located between Flushing and Jamaica. Its name derives from its location on the hills between Jamaica and Flushing. The neighborhood runs from Grand Central Parkway to 71st. Ave., between Utopia Parkway and Parsons Boulevard.

Union Turnpike is its main commercial strip. It is part of Queens Community Board 8. The ZIP Codes for this neighborhood are, 11365 and 11366. It neighbors Jamaica Hills to the south, Briarwood and Kew Gardens Hills to the west, Pomonok and Utopia to the north, and Utopia and Jamaica Estates to the east. Hillcrest is home to a very large Orthodox Jewish Community.

It is home to both the Queens Hospital Center Campus and St'John's University. It is served by the NYPD's 107th Precinct, whose house is located in the very northwest corner, and in the southwest by FDNY's Engine Co.315/Ladder Co.125 located at Union Turnpike, 159-06 firehouse and known as the "Clown College" and by FDNY EMS Station : 50 next to the Queens Hospital Center.