Several downtown Jamaica business groups are attempting to transform the area’s discount shopping mecca into a mix of sit-down restaurants, high- and low-end retailers and national chains. The groups ...

400-Unit, 22-Story Tower Set to Rise in Downtown Jamaica Today at 11 am the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, Congressman Gregory Meeks and other local pols will hold a press conference to ...

Greater Jamaica Development Corp. is celebrating its 35th anniversary, and the resurgence of the downtown area. The community-building business recently announced successful growth for the district at ...

Greater Nexus, a 10,000-square-foot coworking space in Jamaica, Queens, will open next month with nearly 40 businesses—including architects, lawyers and people in construction—expressing interest in ...

Downtown Jamaica in Queens is not a shopping strip where bargain hunters and window shoppers linger into the evening. The bustling retail hub in southeastern Queens, once a struggling area whose ...

Downtown Jamaica is seeing a surge in new businesses big and small and a community leader is imploring major corporations to set up shop in the heart of southeast Queens. Community Board 12 District ...

Stakeholders had high hopes for Downtown Jamaica when the city rezoned 368 blocks in 2007. The Queens neighborhood had all the makings of a real-estate hotbed at the time: great transportation, retail ...

Since its urbanization in the early twentieth century, Jamaica has been a mix of hundreds of ethnicities, religions, and styles. Considered Queens’ “downtown” well before the build-up of Long Island ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. Queens jurors often find themselves serving at a pair of formidable-looking ...