Is Jackson Heights Safe? - New York City Forum

Jackson Heights is a community in the North West of Queens in New York. The community is part of the Queens Community Council, Jackson Heights is North of the Corona, Elmhurst in the South, Woodside in the West, Astoria (Ditmars-Steinway) in the North, East Elmhurst in the North. The main postal code of Jackson Heights is 11372. According to the 2010 census, the population of the community is 108,152 people. The name of Jackson Heights comes from Jackson Avenue, the original name of Northern Bourbon Street, the main road dividing the community into two parts. In 1859, John C. Jackson established the way to the present Jackson Heights. The name of Jackson Avenue is preserved by this highway between Queens Square in Long Island City and Midtown Tunnel in Queens. This place is not particularly expensive, but the name "height" indicates that the place was originally unique.

Jackson Heights is one of the most diverse communities in New York City and the country. Half of the population was born in foreign countries in the 2000s. In Jackson Heights, there are South Americans (especially Colombian, Ecuadorean, Argentineans), Indians, Pakistanians, Tibetans, Nepalians, and Bangladeshians. Most companies are owned by restaurants, bakers, specialty stores, law firms, bars, hairdressers, as well as Asia and Latin Americans. There are small India at 74th Street, Little Pakistan at 73th Street and Little Bangladesh. There are many South Americans on the east side of 77th Avenue, especially 37th Avenue in Little Columbia.