Local News: Jamaica, NY 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Jamaica News Editors

Jamaica Info

Jamaica, New York is located in Queens County. Zip codes in Jamaica, NY include 11405, 11435, and 11434. The median home price in Jamaica is $499,000 which is roughly $276/per square foot.

Local Charities in Jamaica, NY

News Widget

Display the Jamaica news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Jamaica News

Local news for Jamaica, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Monday May 13 | Patch.com

Pelham's 'Cocktails and Clams'

Thanks to PCC Board Member Aisling Bier for the following: Pelham Children's Center spring fundraiser, "Cocktails and Clams," will be held on Friday, May 17th from 7-11pm. This more casual evening will welcome in the warm spring months with cocktails, clams and barbeque fare under the stars at Pelham Bay & Split Rock Golf Courses.

Comment?

Monday May 13 | DNAinfo.com

Jamaica Fashion Show Highlights Homegrown Style

A fashion show organized by the The Jamaica Center BID is hoping to put the bustling neighborhood on the fashion map next month - featuring designs from local fashionistas and clothing stores and showcasing the area as a shopping destination.

Comment?

Sun May 12, 2013

Queens Crap

Jamaica tree trash dates back to Sandy

Don't think this would happen in Bloomberg's city neighborhoods. 2. Huge box of industrial fluorescent lights which were dumped by someone in empty lot at 169-23 90th Avenue in the opening on 90th Avenue.

Comment?

Sat May 11, 2013

The Brooklyn Inc

Want to Know the Real Brooklyn? Take a Tour

On last Friday's tour, Jeffrey Stirewalt took his group to Flatbush, where they visited Erasmus High School, Loews' Kings Theater, and a Dutch Reformed Church.

Comment?

Fri May 10, 2013

Patch.com

Pelham's 'Cocktails and Clams'

Thanks to PCC Board Member Aisling Bier for the following: Pelham Children's Center spring fundraiser, "Cocktails and Clams," will be held on Friday, May 17th from 7-11pm. This more casual evening will welcome in the warm spring months with cocktails, clams and barbeque fare under the stars at Pelham Bay & Split Rock Golf Courses.

Comment?

Thu May 09, 2013

Times Herald-Record

Deadly violence strikes again in Newburgh

Police would later find the 35-year-old's blood on the steps of 54 Chambers St. and conclude he had been shot there by unknown attackers before he stumbled a block west.

Comment?

Wed May 08, 2013

The Gleaner

Groovin' honour for Jamaican sax great

Influential Jamaica-born roots reggae musician and saxophone great Cedric 'Im' Brooks, who launched his career at age 11 at the Alpha Boys' Academy in Kingston and who achieved international acclaim as a solo artiste and as a member of the Skatalites band, will be honoured at the annual Groovin' In The Park concert on Sunday, June 30 at Roy Wilkins ... (more)

Comment?

Mon May 06, 2013

City of New York

Notify NYC Home

Notify NYC is the City of New York's official source for information about emergency events and important City services.

Comment?

Sat May 04, 2013

Sag Harbor Online

Kymberly Osher: Pretty great post. I simply stumbled upon your blo...

An art exhibition should speak for itself, but shows at the Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery so bear the imprint of its energetic owner - his eclectic enthusiasm and confident, slightly off-center style, not to mention shrewd business judgment - that it seems impossible not to sense his head and soul in "Reverie," the gallery's new exhibit.

Comment?

Fri May 03, 2013

DNAInfo.com

15 Train Lines to be Disrupted Over Weekend Due to Subway Maintenance

Straphangers are advised to plan ahead as subway maintenance is slated to disrupt 15 subway lines across the city this weekend, the MTA said .

Comment?

Thu May 02, 2013

DNAInfo.com

Number of Shootings in Jamaica Drops By 50 Percent

I understand and agree that subscription and registration on this site constitutes agreement to the site's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy .

Comment?

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Queens Crap

Sunday walk in Jamaica

A Jamaica Sunday morning walk just a few blocks to they new and very clean Blink gym revealed another "Jamaica Revealed", the other side.

Comment?

New York Post

NYPD Daily Blotter

A crook was caught on surveillance robbing a 7-Eleven at gunpoint, sticking up one clerk while another worker continued to restock the shelves behind him, unaware anything was wrong.

Comment?

Sun Apr 28, 2013

New York Daily News

'Ironman 3' sneak peek for Queens teens who aided Sandy vics

' height='396' itemprop='associatedMedia' alt='Pic shows group of kids from Police Athletic League who did post sandy volunteer work.

Comment?

Fri Apr 26, 2013

DNAinfo.com

Woman Fatally Struck by F Train in Queens, FDNY Says

A woman was struck by an F train and killed during Friday morning's rush hour commute in Queens, according to the FDNY .

Comment?

Wed Apr 24, 2013

Queens Crap

The Jamaica Cleanup Revolution Has Begun

This is my latest Jamaica garbage music video: "WALL OF SHAME" a look back over the past year with the garbage problem and some of our elected officials who were too busy with "other things" to even address the problem, let alone come up with an action plan.

Comment?

ABC7 Chicago

Taste of Chicago 2013 concert headliners announced

The lineup of performers at the Petrillo Music Shell for the 2013 Taste of Chicago will include Robin Thicke, Robert Plant, Jill Scott and Neon Trees with previously announced opening performers fun.

Comment?

The Gleaner

EDITORIAL - Helping young people negotiate sex

This newspaper is grateful to the Rev Eniola Davis and high-school principal Ruel Reid for their unvarnished bits of truth-telling this week, which, hopefully, will help to reignite, and deepen, the necessary discussion on reproductive health issues in Jamaica.

Comment?

Tue Apr 23, 2013

Baltimore News

NY man sentenced to 3 years in co-worker's slaying

A New York man has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for fatally stabbing a co-worker during a fight in the supermarket where they were part of the cleaning crew.

Comment?

Mon Apr 22, 2013

Queens Crap

The latest garbage update from Jamaica

Will keep this short and sweet. Apartment Building at 89-19 170th St, 89-17 170th St, 89-15 170th St.

Comment?