Jackson Heights can have a uniform appearance, with block after block of similar six-story brick structures. But its sidewalks are strikingly diverse.

My walk through Jackson Heights Queens NY

Travellers may go to Central Park or Times Square to see New York City, but there's no better place to feel the city's DNA and understand how it started than here.

The Towers 34 Avenue, 33-15 to 33-51 80th Street, Jackson Heights, NY Andrew J. Thomas / 1923-25 / Neo-Romanesque Jackson Heights is a unique neighborhood in the history and development of New York City. Some of the city's first co-ops and large private gardens were introduced by the Queensboro Corporation in the 1920s. It was an era of architectural experiment and a bold attempt to create a model "garden city." The Towers is a landmark co-op building in Jackson Heights Queens. One of the…

Stroll through the city’s most global neighborhood with the author Suketu Mehta, featuring Diversity Plaza, Roosevelt Avenue and the birth of Scrabble.