Elton Street & Jamaica Avenue

Elton Street and Jamaica Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, at the edge of Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South). Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lower Highland Playground is 40 feet away, and Sam Leggio Triangle is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Cleveland St, is about six minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cleveland St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Jamaica Av/Elton St · Q56
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elton Street & Jamaica Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cleveland St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Las Flores” (2007) by Amy Cheng at the Cleveland St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Elton St, 110 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Elton St Q56
    110 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,170 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills; the corner is on the edge of the Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South) area
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elton Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Elton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Highland Park.

  1. Dawn of Glory Statue by Pietro Montana, 1924
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lower Highland Playground
    40 feet
  2. Highland Park
    60 feet
  3. Highland Park Community Garden
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sam Leggio Triangle
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 108 Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elton Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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