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US Post Office-Jamaica Main
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| Location: | 88-40 164th St., Jamaica, Queens |
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| Area: | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
| Built: | 1932 |
| Architect: | Cross & Cross; U.S. Treasury Department |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: | U.S. Postal Service |
| MPS: | US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88002335[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 17, 1988 |
US Post Office-Jamaica Main is a historic post office building located at Jamaica in Queens County, New York, United States. It was built in 1932-1934, and is one of two post offices in New York City designed by architects Cross and Cross as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two story brick building on a light gray granite base with marble trim in the Colonial Revival style. It features a handsome marble portico supported by four Ionic order columns.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]