Jamaica Avenue & 118th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 118th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. The corner is also named Detective Brian Simonsen Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 460 feet to the 102nd Precinct. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
740 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
117 St/Jamaica Av · Q55
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    740 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, 250 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 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. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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

This corner is also named Detective Brian Simonsen Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

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 1920 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Detective Brian Simonsen Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and May 2026, 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).

East side of 118th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 118th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 6 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 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: 403450, 404405 and 414741.

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
    490 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Library
    690 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    460 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 118th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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