Jamaica First is a project of Greater Jamaica Development Corporation to plan and facilitate a comprehensive public parking system to better serve the businesses, institutions, residents, and visitors of Downtown Jamaica and to support its new development. Jamaica First Parking's 2,000-space system is locally managed, operated, and owned by this new non-profit entity created by GJDC and supported by the Jamaica business community.

Midblock Garage – 2005
89-47 162nd Street

This $11 million garage, opened in 2005, was built with state of the art equipment. The 400-car garage has three levels, with entries and exits on 162 nd and 163 rd Streets and 5,000 square feet of retail space. Councilmembers Leroy Comrie, James Gennaro, David Weprin, and Thomas White provided key support for the new garage.

Parsons Garage – 2005
90-15 Parsons Boulevard

A $1.5 million renovation of the Parsons Garage at 90-15 Parsons Boulevard was completed in 2005. This garage provides 550 parking spaces.

168th Street Lots and the Archer Garage – 2003
90-01 168th Street and 90-30 165th Street

In March 2001, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation acquired from the City of New York two surface parking lots on either side of 168 th Street, north of Jamaica Avenue, as well as the Archer Avenue Garage. Jamaica First Parking, a subsidiary of GJDC, then supervised a $2.3 million renovation of these centrally located facilities, which together contain over 1,000 parking spaces. Renovation of the garage required extensive concrete restoration and waterproofing, as well as new lighting, signage, and security measures. The lots were outfitted with new state of the art revenue control equipment. New lighting, signage, and landscaping were also added. Work was completed, and the facilities reopened, in 2003.