Jackson Heights, Queens 2003, it has been a community-based Universal Pre-Kindergarten provider under contract with the New York Department of Education. Queens Library operates the Jackson Heights Library, located on 81st Street and 37th Avenue. Travers Park is the main local playground. It has a variety of sports, including basketball, tennis, baseball, soccer, and handball. In recent years, a farmers' market was expanded to a year-round presence. There is also a park named "One Room Schoolhouse Park", named after the last one-room schoolhouse in Queens. The school was at Astoria Boulevard and 90th Street from 1879 to 1934; it became a playground in
Jefferson Heights, New York York State Route 23 is a four-lane highway through the northern part of Jefferson Heights, leading east to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge over the Hudson River and northwest to Cairo. Interstate 87, the New York State Thruway, runs along the northwest border of Jefferson Heights, and Thruway Exit 21 (Cairo – Catskill - NY Route 23) is in the northern part of the CDP. Albany, the state capital, is to the north by the Thruway, and New York City is to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Jefferson Heights CDP has a total area of