Jackson Heights Real Estate and Apartments:
Buildings with four to eight floors dominate the heart of Jackson Heights. One-family and two-family homes are not uncommon. North of Northern there are more row houses, smaller co-ops, and cheaper prices. Prices have risen fast since 2003.
June 2005
Rental: 1-bedroom, $900-1300; 2-bedroom, $1100-$2000; 3-bedroom, $1500+
Co-ops, $150k - $700k
Condos (rare), $200k+
2-Family Houses, $600k+
1-Family Houses, $400k+
Commercial lease $3ft-4ft
The surging Asian American community includes immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Korea, and the Philippines. The commercial section of Jackson Heights known as "Little India" is located between 37th Avenue and Broadway primarily on 73rd and 74th Streets.Jackson Heights with many ethnic populations, but mainly consists of Latin Americans and Asian Americans. It is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States and the entire world. The Hispanic American population consists of a various mix of Latinos from many Latin American countries, mainly Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay who followed the Cuban initial immigrants. There is also an older population of Europeans of multi-generational Italian, Jewish, Polish, Irish, and Russian descent that have remained in the area.
New York City Historic District by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. It comprises large Garden apartment buildings and many groupings of private homes.
Education
Students attend P.S. 69 or P.S. 212or several other primary schools. Middle schools in the neighborhood include I.S. 145 and I.S. 230.
The Garden School and parochial schools such as St Joan of Arc, Our Lady of Fatima, and Blessed Sacrament School. Hebrew School is also offered at The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights.
Public School Stuyvesant High School , Academy of American Studies, Townsend Harris High School at Queens College, & Bronx High School of Science — to private high schools, such as Archbishop Molloy High School, Holy Cross High School, Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School, Xavier High School,and St. Francis Preparatory School.
Transportation
It is the largest subway stop in Queens with six lines(E,F,V,R,7,G) and four buses (Q33, Q19B, Q45 and Q47). The Q33 bus goes to LaGuardia Airport's main terminals and operates 24 hours a day. The Q47 bus goes to the Marine Air Terminal. The Long Island Rail Road Woodside station is nearby on 61th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, which is two stops on #7 train.