Hillcrest, Queens

Hillcrest is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located between Flushing and Jamaica. Its name derives from its location on the hills between Jamaica and Flushing, created by the terminal moraine of the last Ice Age. The neighborhood runs from Union Turnpike to the Long Island Expressway, between Utopia Parkway and 164th Street. Union Turnpike is its main commercial strip. It is part of Queens Community Board 8. The ZIP Codes for this neighborhood are 11365 and 11366. Its neighbors are Jamaica Hills to the south, Briarwood and Kew Gardens Hills to the west, Pomonok and Utopia to the north and Utopia and Jamaica Estates to the east.

Hillcrest is home to a very large Orthodox Jewish community as well as the local basketball team the Hillcrest Hurricanes.