Jackson Heights, Queens New Yorkers live within a 10-minute walk of a park or playground; the program is turning schoolyards into playgrounds in neighborhoods across the city. Notes Sources Alliances Jackson Heights, Queens Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 3. Jackson Heights is neighbored by North Corona to the east, Elmhurst to the south, Woodside to the west, northern Astoria (Ditmars-Steinway) to the northwest, and East Elmhurst to the northeast. The main ZIP code of Jackson Heights is 11372. According to the 2010
Jackson Heights, Queens the United States of any county (roughly 75,000). The 2015 documentary "In Jackson Heights" portrays Jackson Heights as a microcosm of the American melting pot. The demographics of Jackson Heights were affected by three events: the 1965 Immigration Reform Act, which allowed working-class immigrants to be with their families in the U.S.; the 1968 Fair Housing Act, which upheld fair housing; and an event in 1990 where Julio Rivera, a gay man, was stabbed to death, which gave way to the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. The population is composed of over 60% foreign-born residents as of 2010 United States