Jamaica Avenue & 115th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Full Gospel Assembly of Queens is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
111 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Jamaica Av/115 St · Q56
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 111 St J
    1,100 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
    0.3 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/115 St, 90 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/115 St Q56
    90 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-18 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the shingle oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 115th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 115th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 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

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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412478, 412479, 415935 and 425354.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    710 feet
  3. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Richmond Hill Library
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Full Gospel Assembly of Queens House of worship
    1,140 feet
  3. Holy Child Jesus Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    50 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 115th 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.