Jamaica Avenue & 102nd Street

Jamaica Avenue and 102nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 746 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 273 is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 104 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 104 St, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 104 St J, Z
    610 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
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. 111 St J
    0.5 miles
    J

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, 550 feet away, for the Q56.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 746 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 942nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 303 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 102nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 453634 and 455010.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Fordham Institute Trade or language school
    460 feet
  2. P.S. 273 School
    660 feet
  3. P.S. 066 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 254 - the Rosa Parks School
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 66 Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Congregational Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 294/Ladder 143 Fire station
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 102nd Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.