Jamaica Avenue & 111th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 111th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
111 St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
111 St/Jamaica Av · Q37
Within a walk
14 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 111 St J
    50 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. 104 St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. 121 St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 111 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 111 St/Jamaica Av, 30 feet away, for the Q37.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 111 St/Jamaica Av Q37 · Countdown sign
    30 feet
    Q37
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 110-18 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2023

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 111th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 111th Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 452510 and 454313.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate, and built in 1870.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy School
    720 feet
  2. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 090 Horace Mann School
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Holy Child Jesus Church House of worship
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 111th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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