Pedro Ayala, 21, asked Veronica Rivera, the mother of his 6-month-old son, to bring the child to his Jamaica, Queens, apartment Monday night because he had time off from his job at a bowling alley, Rivera's mother, Lucy Suarez, said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

Investigators were called to the scene at 8442 151 Street in Queens just after 7:30 Monday night.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

Then there was Rich, of Jamaica, Queens, who graduated from the U.S. Recovery Bureau in spite of a 1995 sodomy arrest.

Published by New York Daily News on August 12, 2008.

To date, that agenda has focused around rezonings of areas such as Manhattan’s far West Side, Jamaica and the Williamsburg/Greenpoint waterfront, where the city allows private landowners to develop thousands of housing units and millions of feet of office space.

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

Escalators at the 34th Street-Herald Square and Roosevelt Island stations in Manhattan and the Jamaica-Van Wyck and Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer stations in Queens were to begin operating at variable speed, as part of a pilot program to save energy and reduce wear and tear on escalator components.

Published by New York Times on August 11, 2008.

The 2000 Census showed that Hartford had a West Indian population of about 10,000, with more than 8,000 of those from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.

Published by New York Times on August 10, 2008.

The New York State Board of Elections has ruled that Jun Policarpio, a Queens congressional candidate accused of forging petition signatures, will not be allowed on the Republican ballot.

Published by New York Sun on August 8, 2008.

According to a report by research firm PropertyShark, the five New York City ZIP codes with the most July foreclosures were all in Queens, with the top four all in the neighborhoods of Jamaica, South Jamaica, Hollis and St. Albans. A total of 56 homes entered foreclosure last month in those neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on August 7, 2008.

Stations like 149th St./Grand Concourse in the Bronx and 179th St. in Jamaica, Queens, are among the most decrepit and neglected - even though they are in city-designated economic development areas, according to a report by the New York City Transit Riders Council.

Published by New York Daily News on August 7, 2008.

Muhammad Shahbaz and his brother run the Sunoco station on North Main Street in Hillcrest, right next door to the fire department.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 5, 2008.

A developing story in Queens where police are searching for a possible suspect wanted in a series of sexual assaults.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 4, 2008.

He attended Archbishop Molloy High School and later earned a master's degree in psychology from New York University and another in business from St. John's.

Published by New York Daily News on August 3, 2008.

The victim bravely fought off her attacker on 145th St. in Jamaica about 12:20 a.m. Friday. The man slashed her in the hand and knocked her to the ground before he ran off, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 2, 2008.

The investigation also netted retired city Correction Officer Adolph Porter, 48, who was caught July 17 with a stash of cocaine, a shotgun and his off-duty 9-mm. pistol inside his Jamaica home, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 30, 2008.

Police are searching for a man who tried to attack a woman in Jamaica, Queens early Monday. The woman was able to fight the man off, police said. The incident happened on Lakewood Avenue, police said.

Published by WNBC on July 28, 2008.

Authorities say 27-year-old Joscelyn Francis was shot early Sunday morning as he left the barbeque in Jamaica.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 28, 2008.

An angry gunman shot Francis, 27, execution-style early Sunday morning as the doting dad left a barbecue in Jamaica, Queens, cops said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 28, 2008.

Councilman James Gennaro (D- Fresh Meadows) and a Queens mother called for a protected bike lane on Queens Boulevard at a rally held on the spot where 22-year-old bicyclist Asif Rahman, of Jamaica, was fatally struck in February. A protected lane would physically separate the several lanes of traffic with a lane of parked cars or other barriers.

Published by amNY.com on July 27, 2008.

"National retailers have been trying to penetrate this neigborhood for a decade," said Michael Mattone of Mattone Group, which built a retail complex on Jamaica at Parsons Blvd. with a movie multiplex, an Old Navy shop and other big tenants.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

At a residential and retail development under construction at 89-14 Parsons, "two things we are very focused on getting are sit-down restaurants and a grocery store," said project manager Alex Adams of Dermot Co.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

$1.35M is the asking price for the former National City Bank of New York building at 92-09 Union Hall St., just off Jamaica Ave. The broker is Brian Sarath of Massey Knakal.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

Plans to build a $260 million wholesale merchandise mart cater-corner from the Air Train station in Jamaica were scuttled when the co-developer pulled out.

Published by New York Times on July 26, 2008.

At 162-10 Jamaica, shopping-center owner Wharton Realty Group plans to replace the stores and food court on the first floor and basement of Gertz Plaza Mall with big-box retailers.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

"You get an eclectic mix of stores you can't get anywhere else," said developer Ken Olson of Poko Partners, which plans to build a three-story glass building with 66,000 square feet of retail space topped with an 11-story middle-income rental apartment tower at 160-08 Jamaica Ave.

Published by New York Daily News on July 26, 2008.

A body that washed up on Rockaway Beach yesterday may be that of Tiara Coaxum, a 16-year-old girl from Jamaica, Queens, who was pulled under while swimming with a friend on Friday.

Published by New York Sun on July 24, 2008.

Opponents pointed to several incidents in which rescues were botched under the new system. In February, when the program was being tested in Queens, an 87-year-old woman died because the department dispatched an inadequate number of trucks, according to union officials. A firefighter was hospitalized a day later after his team was initially sent to the wrong street in Jamaica, they said.

Published by New York Sun on July 23, 2008.

Kevin Joseph, a pastor at a church in Jamaica, Queens, turned in a .22-caliber pistol that his mother brought with her when she moved to New York from Florida.

Published by New York Times on July 20, 2008.

The teenagers, who knew each other from Thomas Edison HS in Jamaica, were hanging out with a group of friends on the beach Friday as temperatures soared well into the 90s.

Published by New York Post on July 20, 2008.

The search for the teen, identified in published reports as Tiara Coaxum, 16, of Jamaica, began soon after she and another 16-year-old girl went swimming near Beach 116th Street about 3 p.m. Friday.

Published by amNY.com on July 20, 2008.

Tiara Coaxum, 16, a star basketball player at Thomas Edison High School in Jamaica, Queens, was last seen in the water near Beach 116thSt. about 3 p.m. Friday, officials said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 20, 2008.

"She's athletic and outgoing. She's a good kid," Williams said of her daughter, a standout basketball player at Thomas Edison HS in Jamaica, who has dreams of going pro or becoming an engineer.

Published by New York Post on July 19, 2008.

The two were busted in January after a 13-year-old runaway escaped from their apartment in Jamaica, Queens.

Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.

The detective, a court officer and a correction officer -- all off-duty -- at a party at a nearby Jamaica club tried to break up a fight involving five men. One of the men, Stephon Allston, 22, of 64 Grassmere Terr., Far Rockaway, opened fire on the detective, who identified himself as an officer, police said. The officer returned gunfire, striking Allston in the left arm and leg.

Published by amNY.com on July 16, 2008.

The most recent attack occurred shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday at 140th Avenue in Jamaica, where one of the attackers accosted an 18-year-old as she waited for a bus. He forced her behind a building and raped her at knifepoint.

Published by New York Post on July 11, 2008.

As in the previous attacks, which began in November, he pulled a knife on his 16-year-old victim and brought her to a secluded spot in Jamaica, where he forced himself on her.

Published by New York Daily News on July 11, 2008.

Police are offering a $12,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of a man who they said sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl near an abandoned church in Jamaica Wednesday.

Published by WNBC on July 10, 2008.

Lawrence Perez, 37, working with two other Latin King gang members — George Melendez, 33, and Virgilio Samo, 34 — tortured Dennis Rivera in Mr. Samo’s basement apartment, at 2700 Clinton Ave., over a day and a half in June 2005. According to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, the trio beat Mr. Rivera with a bat, forced him to drink Drano, smoke crack cocaine and snort heroin.

Published by Riverdale Press on July 10, 2008.

Bethea was fatally shot in the head May 17 when gunfire erupted as she danced with friends outside the Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway. Bethea's family had moved from there to Jamaica, Queens, shortly after her best friend was killed by a stray bullet.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 8, 2008.

"If my son did it, I'm the type of parent that would turn him in," said Laverne Washington. "They need to go after the real killer." Brandon, an aspiring dancer, left the housing project for a safer home in Jamaica shortly before the shooting in hopes of fleeing the area's violence, Harris said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.

Among the more controversial changes is Mr. Bloomberg’s aim to contract with high-volume food vendors, including some from out of state, to replace local kitchen staffs that prepare meals, whether they be kosher in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, or vegetarian at the United Hindu senior center in Jamaica, Queens. The new vendors would also provide more frozen meals, which are less costly and would require less frequent deliveries than the hot meals that come five days a week.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

"I used my hat to catch the babies," the cabbie from Jamaica, Queens, told the Daily News Thursday. "All of them jumped inside my hat. They just needed protection, that's why they jumped in."

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Investigators believe the deadly chain of events was set in motion when Alladin berated a woman and her young child for jumping ahead of him while boarding a bus in downtown Jamaica, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Police say officers responded to a 911 call in the Jamaica neighborhood Wednesday evening. They found the girl with a stab wound to her chest.

Published by amNY.com on June 26, 2008.

Police say officers responded to a 911 call in the Jamaica neighborhood Wednesday evening. They found the girl with a stab wound to her chest.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 26, 2008.

A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Queens.Police said officers responded to a 911 call in the Jamaica neighborhood Wednesday evening and found the girl with a stab wound to her chest.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

Seabrooks, 36, joined the New York Army National Guard in March 1994 and was assigned to Company G of the 427th Brigade Support Battalion in Jamaica, Queens, before deployment to Afghanistan last year. His widow and two of his children live in Newport News, Va.

Published by New York Daily News on June 25, 2008.

Service on the Long Island Rail Road's Hempstead branch is suspended this weekend for maintenance. LIRR officials said that shuttle buses and vans will be serving stops on the line east of Jamaica , but passengers should plan for up to 25 minutes of additional travel time.

Published by WNBC on June 21, 2008.

LIRR officials said that shuttle buses and vans will be serving stops on the line east of Jamaica, but passengers should plan for up to 25 minutes of additional travel time.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 21, 2008.

Mr. Mari's company, Atlas Electrical Contractors Inc., had worked at the Chambers Street subway station, the Staten Island Railway, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and the AirTrain project in Jamaica, N.Y. He pled guilty in state Supreme Court to Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree.

Published by New York Sun on June 19, 2008.

Jermaine Brown , 25, of Jamaica Winston Christie, 53, of Hollis, and Dany Cange, 34, of Valley Stream, opened fraudulent Home Depot accounts at a store on Long Island via the Internet.

Published by WNBC on June 17, 2008.