Jamaica Avenue & 125th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 125th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Richmond Hill Post Office is 620 feet away, and Metro Triangle is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and four places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Jamaica Av/124 St · Q56
Within a walk
4 places
1 park, 1 post office and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 125th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 121 St J, Z
    470 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. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.5 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/124 St, 140 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/124 St Q56
    140 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 125th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 125th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metro Triangle
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 125th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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