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Jamaica is one of those Queens neighborhoods that people think they know from a subway map or a drive to JFK, then realize there is much more going on once they actually walk its streets. It is busy, practical, layered with history, and still very much a working neighborhood rather than a polished tourist district. That is exactly why it rewards attention. You can come here for a train connection and leave with a better sense of New York’s outer-borough history, a few stron