Jamaica Avenue & 117th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 117th 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. Richmond Hill Library is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
990 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
117 St/Jamaica Av · Q55
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 & 117th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    990 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 117 St/Jamaica Av, 50 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 117 St/Jamaica Av Q55
    50 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91-62 Lefferts Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2020.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021

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

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 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 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 117th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 117th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 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
  • 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 415932, 422948 and 424255.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial Revival, and built in 1908.

  1. Richmond Hill Republican Club Designated landmark
    700 feet

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. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Richmond Hill Library
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 117th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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