Jamaica Avenue & 122nd Street

Jamaica Avenue and 122nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Richmond Hill Post Office is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about a minute on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Jamaica Av/121 St · J90, T340
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 library and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    280 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/121 St, 180 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/121 St J90, T340
    180 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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

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.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 122nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 122nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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
    780 feet

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Library
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 122nd Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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