Saint Albans (New York City, New York)

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St. Albans is a residential neighborhood in the central southern part of the New York City borough of Queens around the intersection of Linden Boulevard and Farmers Boulevard, about two miles north of JFK Airport. It is southeast of Jamaica, west of Cambria Heights and north of Springfield Gardens and Laurelton. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 12, and is served by the St. Albans Post Office, ZIP Code 11412.

It is home to the St Albans VA Hospital and the Roy Wilkins Park. Many famous jazz musicians used to live in St. Albans, particularly in some of the large houses in the small western sub-neighborhood known as Addisleigh Park. The soul musician James Brown lived in St. Albans very near to the Veterans Administration facility. As a neighborhood adjacent to Hollis, St. Albans was one of the birthplaces of the "Hip Hop" and Rap music genres in the 1970s and 1980s.St. Albans housing consists mostly of detached, one and two-family homes. Linden Boulevard is the major shopping street.The neighborhood and the surrounding area are considered the heart of Queens' African-American community.