Jackson Heights (New York City, New York)

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Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the Northwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 3.The main zip code of Jackson Heights is 11372.

The community is bounded by Astoria Boulevard to the north, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the west, Roosevelt Avenue to the south, and Junction Boulevard/94th street to the east. East Elmhurst, the area immediately to the north, from Astoria Boulevard to the Grand Central Parkway, though not part of the original development, is sometimes regarded as a northward extension of the neighborhood. The Jackson Heights name comes from Jackson Avenue, the former name for Northern Boulevard which is the principal thoroughfare through the neighborhood. The Jackson Avenue name is retained by this major road in a short stretch between Queensboro Plaza and the Queens Midtown Tunnel approaches, in the Long Island City neighborhood.