Jackson Heights
A Queens neighbourhood where half the residents were born abroad, called by The New York Times perhaps the most culturally diverse neighbourhood on the planet. Around 74th Street it turns South Asian, with sari shops, jewellers and sweet shops side by side.
- Where
- New York, New York, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 40.7514, -73.8869
Get the Jackson Heights stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jackson Heights. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your New York volume with your photos and a note.
Near Jackson Heights
Ganesh Temple, Flushing 5.9 km
A temple to Ganesha in Flushing, Queens, the second-oldest Hindu temple in the United States built by Indian immigrants. Its formal name is Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam, and the canteen in its basement is known across the city for dosas and idlis.
Guggenheim Museum 7.0 km
Frank Lloyd Wright's white spiral on Fifth Avenue, where a single ramp coils up around a skylit rotunda and the paintings hang along the way. The collection covers Impressionist, early Modern and contemporary art, and the museum began in 1939 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 7.1 km
The largest art museum in the Americas, on Fifth Avenue at the edge of Central Park, with collections running from ancient Egypt to the present day. With more than 5.7 million visitors in 2025, it was the most visited museum in the United States.
Central Park 7.5 km
The first landscaped park in the United States, 341 hectares of lawns, lakes and woodland laid out between the Upper West Side and the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Some 42 million visits a year make it the most visited urban park in the country.
St. Patrick's Cathedral 7.6 km
The largest Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral in North America, filling a whole block of Fifth Avenue opposite Rockefeller Center. James Renwick Jr. designed it, and it is both a parish church and the seat of the Archbishop of New York.
Grand Central Terminal 7.6 km
A Beaux-Arts rail terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, the southern end of the Metro-North lines from the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. Its Main Concourse, with a gold clock at its centre and constellations painted across the ceiling, is one of the grandest rooms in the city.
One Vanderbilt 7.7 km
A 427 metre tower beside Grand Central, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and opened in 2020, the fourth tallest building in the city. Its SUMMIT observation deck near the top is lined with mirrors and glass that multiply the view over Midtown.
Museum of Modern Art 7.7 km
A Midtown museum on 53rd Street whose collection follows art from the late 19th century to now: more than 200,000 works across painting, sculpture, design, photography and film. Few institutions have done as much to shape how modern art, European modern art above all, came to be understood.
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Questions
Where is Jackson Heights?
Jackson Heights is in New York, New York, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ganesh Temple, Flushing (5.9 km), Guggenheim Museum (7.0 km), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (7.1 km).
How do I get the Jackson Heights stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jackson Heights and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your New York volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Jackson Heights before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your New York volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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