Jamaica Avenue & 127th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 127th Street meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 054 Hillside is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and seven places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Jamaica Av/130 St · Q56
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 post office and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 121 St J, Z
    980 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
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/130 St, 270 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/130 St Q56
    270 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 130-14 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

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 1,000 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of 127th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 127th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    610 feet
  2. Ezra Jack Keats Pre-K Center at 132-10 Jamaica Avenue Pre-K center
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 127th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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