Jamaica Avenue & 113th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 113th Street meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about two minutes 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 21 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
111 St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Jamaica Av/112 St · J90, Q56
Within a walk
14 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 113th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. 104 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 Jamaica Av/112 St, 370 feet away, for the J90 and Q56.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/112 St J90, Q56
    370 feet
    J90 Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. Q56 …

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
    0.5 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1933.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (north side).

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 457441 and 457702.

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. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    720 feet
  3. Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Richmond Hill High School
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Holy Child Jesus Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Full Gospel Assembly of Queens House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 15 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 113th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.