Briarwood

Briarwood is located northwest of Jamaica and roughly bounded by Queens Boulevard, Parsons Boulevard, Union Turnpike, and Hillside Avenue. The neighborhood is named for the Briarwood Land Company, headed by Herbert O'Brien, which built housing there beginning in 1905. Located in Briarwood is Robert A. Van Wyck M.S. 217Q, established in 1955. The school is named after the first mayor of the Greater City of New York, Robert A. Van Wyck, a Tammany Hall lawyer.

Civic:

• Briarwood Civic Association