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In the Neighborhood: Jackson Heights
Crosstown with Pat Kiernan
English - March 14, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 42.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 91 ratingsDaily News News Politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Jackson Heights in Queens is not New York's biggest neighborhood or most populous, but it is considered the city's most diverse. In fact, this pocket outside of LaGuardia Airport might be the most diverse area in the world. Researchers believe more than 160 languages are spoken here. But it wasn't always that way. Builders planning for Jackson Heights in the early 20th century wanted it to be an all-white, homogenous enclave. Pat Kiernan and NY1 reporter Clodagh McGowan take a look at how the neighborhood has changed during the 1900s, and again after being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.