Designated October 19, 1993
The Jackson Heights Historic District was built primarily between 1914 and 1939, is the nation’s first and largest planned cooperative and garden apartment community. Brick structures in a mixture of sizes from single-family homes to large apartment buildings exhibit a number of revival styles including Tudor, Italianate, Mediterranean and Georgian Revival.
Jackson Heights was made a Six to Celebrate neighborhood in 2011 in an effort to expand the district.
STATUS Designated Historic District
The Neighborhood
Jackson Heights
The Jackson Heights Historic District was built primarily between 1914 and 1939, is the nation’s first and largest planned cooperative and garden apartment community. Brick structures in a mixture of sizes from single-family homes to large apartment buildings exhibit a number of revival styles including...
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