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Beginning the day after Thanksgiving until the Sunday before Christmas, Santa Claus will visit Jamaica Avenue to hear Christmas wishes and for children and families to have their photo taken. Thursday through Sunday at the Jamaica Multiplex ground floor lobby from 12pm-6pm. Located on Jamaica Avenue at Parsons Blvd.
2008 SCHEDULE
November 28-30
December 4-7
December 11-14
December 18-21
Special Sidewalk Sales Days are held over a four-day weekend when our merchants display merchandise outside their stores. Bargains galore can be purchased during these long weekends.
2009 SCHEDULE
April 2 - 5
April 30 - May 3
May 28 - 31
June 18- June 21
July 9-July 12
July 23-July 26
August 13- August 16
August 27-August 30
September 10-September 13
October 15-October 18
Launched in 2000, the tours offer special insight to Jamaica's secrets and are a wonderful opportunity to discover the area's rich history. Our walkers have come not from just the borough of Queens, but from the tri-state area and now and then an international tourist. We have worked collaboratively with King Manor Museum, Noshwalks, The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning and the Prospect Cemetery Association. All tours are free except where noted for Noshwalks.
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"Heads Up"
King Manor Museum, King Park, Jamaica Avenue & 153rd St
Roy Fox brings you a new
perspective on Jamaica Center. A wonderful mix of architectural styles from
one of the finest examples of Beaux Arts, neo-Italan Renaissance, Art Deco,
Pre-Columbian and Art Nouveau, English Gothic, Colonial/Federal, Romanesqe
Revival, and other enhancement, this urban downtown maintains its historical
and architectural integrity through the eyes of our tour guide.
"A Taste of Jamaica..Jamaica
Queens, that is!"
$10 tasting fee
Capital One Bank, 146-21 Jamaica Avenue (NW corner at Sutphin Blvd.)
Myra Alperson, founder of NoshWalks and author of Nosh New York, lead a slow,
meandering walk through the streets of the downtown with stops at many of
the eating establishments that lovingly serve 'home cooking'. However, 'home
cooking' doesn't mean the American home, but home to the many cultures that
live and work here - Jamaican, Thai, Chinese, Salvadorian, Mexican, Colombian,
Pakistani, and a combination of many. A wonderful introduction to 'cultural
tourism'.
"The Churches of Jamaica"
King Manor Museum, King Park, Jamaica Avenue & 153rd St
Conducted by Roy Fox, this tour focuses on the landmarked churches, with two
congregations dating back over 300 years. Beautiful Grace Episcopal Church
with its WPA murals, "The Landmark" (the former First Reformed Church), The
Tabernacle of Prayer (the former Loew's Valencia atmospheric movie theater
designed by John Eberson) and The First Presbyterian Church, magnificent in
its austere simplicity - vivid and diversified places for prayer.
"Six Feet Under And
Then Some"
King Manor Museum, King Park, Jamaica Ave., between 150th & 153rd St.
Join Cate Ludlam (Prospect Cemetery Association) and Roy Fox for a few hours
of dishing the dirt. A tour of the beautiful Grace Episcopal Church cemetery
and Prospect Cemetery with the restored Chapel of The Sisters (York College
campus) for an in depth history of Jamaica when and those whose names may
ring a 'history bell'.