Jamaica Avenue & 101st Street

Jamaica Avenue and 101st Street meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 294/Ladder 143 firehouse is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 104 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
104 St
900 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Jamaica Av/98 St · Q56
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 101st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 104 St, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 104 St J, Z
    900 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    1,210 feet
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 104 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/98 St, 260 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/98 St Q56
    260 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 104-09 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 101st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Fordham Institute Trade or language school
    170 feet
  2. P.S. 273 School
    950 feet
  3. P.S. 254 - the Rosa Parks School
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wyckoff-Snediker Family Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church Woodhaven House of worship
    1,240 feet
  2. Pilgrim Congregational Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 294/Ladder 143 Fire station
    90 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 101st Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.