Cross Roads, Jamaica

{{Short description|Primarily commercial neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica}}

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Cross Roads is a primarily commercial neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqYMAQAAMAAJ&q=9789766402174 |title=Jamaican Place Names |year=2009|publisher=University of the West Indies Press|location=Kingston, Jamaica |isbn=9789766402174|author=BW Higman|edition=1st|author2=B J Hudson |page=224|format=Softcover |access-date=4 November 2013}} It is centered on the intersection of five major roads: Slipe Road, Half Way Tree Road, Old Hope Road, Caledonia Avenue and Marescaux Road.UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:10,000 map of Kingston sheet 3, 1972.

It is perhaps the geographical centre of Kingston.{{cite web|url=http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=18.0106216&lon=-76.7985875&z=13&l=0&m=b&v=8|title=Wikimapia – Let's describe the whole world!|access-date=18 October 2014}}

Amenities

  • Cross Roads Police Station.{{cite web|title=Cross Roads|url=http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=17.9934428&lon=-76.7879882&z=18&l=0&m=b&v=8|publisher=Wikimapia|access-date=24 November 2012}}
  • Cross Roads Bus Station – a major transport hub for buses and taxis.
  • Cross Roads Post Office.
  • Cross Roads Market.
  • Carib 5 – a five-screen multiplex cinema since 1997 but originally a 1,750-seat facility designed by John Pike and opening in 1938. The exterior walls are original and retain their impressive 1930s styling.{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Warren G|title=Carib Theatre|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6425|publisher=Cinema Treasures, LLC|access-date=24 November 2012}}
  • The Nuttall Memorial Hospital.

References

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Category:Neighbourhoods in Kingston, Jamaica

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