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Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in
north-western portion of the borough of
Queens
in
New York City,
USA. The neighborhood is part of
Queens Community Board
3.
Jackson Heights is
an urban melting pot with many ethnic
populations, but mainly consists of Latin
Americans, multi-generational European, and
Asian Americans. It is one of the most
diverse neighborhoods in the United States
and the entire world. The
Hispanic American
population consists of a various mix of
Latinos
 
from many Latin American countries,
mainly
Ecuador,
Colombia,
Bolivia,
Mexico,
Argentina
and
Uruguay
who followed the
Cuban
initial immigrants. There is also a older
large population of
Europeans
of multi-generational
Italian,
Jewish,
Polish,
Irish,
and
Russian
descent that have remained in the area. The
surging
Asian
American
community includes immigrants from
India,
Pakistan,
Bangladesh,
China,
Korea,
and the
Philippines.
The commercial section of Jackson Heights
known as "Little India" is located between
37th Avenue and Broadway primarily on 73rd
and 74th Streets.
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