Jamaica is a middle-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 12, which also includes Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Baisley Pond Park, Rochdale Village, and South Jamaica. Jamaica is patrolled by the 103rd and 113th Precincts of the New York City Police Department.. Jamaica was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New …