page_title: Jamaica, Queens
section_title: Colleges and universities
hierarchical_section_title: Jamaica, Queens / Education / Colleges and universities
caption_attribution_description: English: 26' wide large scale installation, African brass embedded in the concrete, covered by inlays of various symbols. Oxidized to a teal color it is accompanied by three metal circles embedded in nearby concrete pavements, called memory, vision and imagination. Each circle is divided into four equal sections.
context_page_description: Jamaica is a middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is mainly composed of a large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis to the east; St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Rochdale Village to the southeast; South Jamaica to the south; Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park to the west; Briarwood to the northwest; and Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica Hills, and Jamaica Estates to the north.
  Jamaica was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp. Under British rule, Jamaica became the center of the "Town of Jamaica". Jamaica was the first county seat of Queens County, holding that title from 1683 to 1788, and was also the first incorporated village on Long Island. When Queens was incorporated into the City of Greater New York in 1898, both the Town of Jamaica and the Village of Jamaica were dissolved, but the neighborhood of Jamaica regained its role as county seat. Today, some locals group Jamaica's surrounding neighborhoods into an unofficial Greater Jamaica, roughly corresponding to the former Town of Jamaica.
context_section_description: Several colleges and universities make their home in Jamaica proper or in its close vicinity, most notably:
  York College, a senior college of the City University of New York
  St. John's University (Queens Campus), a private Catholic University founded by the Vincentian Fathers (Lazarists)
  Queens College, a nearby senior college of the City University of New York
  New Brunswick Theological Seminary offers classes at a satellite campus on the St. John's University campus.
caption: York College
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