TIMELINE

1909 – Community of Jackson Heights started by the Queensboro Corporation
1916 – Queensboro Corp. started a newsletter called Jackson Heights News to attract people to the area and unify the neighborhood
1917 – Queensboro Corp. built its first major apartment complex, the “Garden Apartments”, housing apartments having garden views and up to seven rooms
1919 – First motion picture theater opened in Jackson Heights
1930 – Apartments were divided into smaller two and three room suites
1938 – Queensboro Corp. began construction of Dunnolly Gardens
1950 – Economic boom in Jackson Heights, 38 new apartment buildings completed
1950s – Middle-class Colombian entrepreneurs begin migrating to the area
1965 – Present – Massive migration of various immigrant groups of Latin Americans and Asians
1988 – Jackson Heights Beautification Group founded
1994 – 36-block area in the heart of Jackson Heights is named a New York City Landmark Historic District
1995 – 450,000 renovation of Travers Park completed
1996 – The Renaissance School, an innovative “new vison” public school opens in what had been an old apartment store
1996 – Completion of a greenway mall with trees and bike lanes along 34th Avenue, that extends nearly all the way to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
1998 – Construction starts on two new public schools: an elementary school in 82nd Street and an intermediate school on 34th Street  
1999 – Transit Authority acquires site to build a larger and airy subway and bus complex at 74th Street
2000 – Construction begins on a new Jackson Heights Jewish Center at the corner of 37th Avenue and 77th Street
2000 – Jackson Heights Green Market opens at Travers Park