New York City Rental Car and a Cambria Heights Overview

Cambria Heights is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of Queens. When you visit with your New York City car rental, you will find that it is bordered by Springfield Boulevard and Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, Queens Village to the north, Elmont (Nassau County) to the east, and Montefiore Cemetery and Rosedale to the south.

Built from the ground up

Cambria Heights gets its name from the Cambria Construction Company of Pennsylvania, which began to develop the community in the late 1920s. Its original population was made up mostly of Roman Catholics of Italian, German, and Irish decent as well as Jewish families moving from Brooklyn. Today, when you visit with your New York City car rental you may notice that the community is made up of a large working class Caribbean and African American population.

Discover more about Cambria

Cambria has a few famous residents that you may be familiar with. A Tribe Called Quest comes from here, as well as Michael Bentt (actor, writer, and former WBO heavyweight boxing champion) and Lamar Odom (basketball player). When you visit with your New York City car rental, Cabell Park is the main green space in the area. Here you will find two baseball fields, five basketball courts, two jungle gyms, fountains in the summer, a handball wall, and benches to relax.

See the county

Near Cambria Heights is Hollis, a community in southeastern Queens. The area that is today Hollis was originally settled by Dutch home setters in the 17th century. It became an important site during the Revolutionary War as part of the site of the Battle of Long Island. Hollis has been a hotbed of talent. When you visit with your New York City car rental, you may see where Russell Simmons and his brother Joseph (a.k.a. Rev Run) grew up. LL Cool J, Young MC, and Ja Rule are also from this neighborhood. Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York is also from here, as is Rev. Al Sharpton and Stephen A. Smith (ESPN sports personality).

Cross the border

Elmont is a hamlet in Nassau County on Long Island that you can visit with your New York City car rental. It is part of the town of Hempstead. Elmont is most famous for the Belmont Park Race Track, which has the world's largest dirt thoroughbred course in the world and is home to the third leg of the Triple Crown. Belmont Park is a mile-and-a-half dirt race track that is the largest of its kind in the world. Sometimes this race track is referred to as The Championship Track because almost every major champion in racing history since it opened has competed here, including the 11 Triple Crown winners. Whether you like to gamble or not, Belmont is a must-see because it is one of the best landscaped venues in American sport.

Cambria Heights is a great place to visit with your New York City car rental because it has a lot of great attractions both here and nearby, such as the Belmont Race Track.