Jamaica Avenue & 116th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 770 feet to the 102nd Precinct. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Jamaica Av/115 St · Q56
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    1,230 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
    0.3 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/115 St, 210 feet away, for the Q56.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 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. 91-62 Lefferts Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the shingle oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 116th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 116th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 415936 and 425354.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 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
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Richmond Hill Library
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 116th 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.