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
Jackson Heights (TV series) account of that he rejects the offer of a government job. Eventually his six month tourist visa is approved and he travels to New York leaving behind his ailing grand mother, Asma, and his friend Nadir. He believes setting foot in New York would end all his financial problems. Michelle (Marina Khan) is a Pakistani Christian who runs a restaurant in Jackson Heights. She has a icy cold attitude towards all Desis. The cabbies of the neighbourhood visit her diner everyday and are all intimidated by Michelle. The only cabbie she truly likes and respects is Bhatti. It is later