Jamaica Avenue & 104th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 104th Street meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Pilgrim Congregational Church is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, 104 St, is about a minute on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
104 St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Jamaica Av/104 St · J90, Q56, T340
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 104th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 104 St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 104 St J, Z
    70 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. 111 St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    0.4 miles
    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/104 St, 20 feet away, for the J90, Q56 and T340.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/104 St J90, Q56, T340
    20 feet
    J90 Q56 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
47 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 1930.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 104th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 104th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 10 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 453634 and 460029.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 273 School
    880 feet
  2. Fordham Institute Trade or language school
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Congregational Church House of worship
    580 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 294/Ladder 143 Fire station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 104th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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