Broadway & Jamaica Avenue

Broadway and Jamaica Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Church is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
100 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Fulton St/Alabama Av · B20
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Jamaica Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    100 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    1,050 feet
    L
  2. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.3 miles
    A C J L Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2007) by Scott Redden at the Alabama Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Alabama Av, 90 feet away, for the B20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Alabama Av B20
    90 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Williams Ave 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 940 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 32 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    380 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 218 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    980 feet
  2. East New York Post Office
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.