Jamaica Avenue & 130th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 130th 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. P.S. 054 Hillside is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and ten places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Jamaica Av/130 St · Q56
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 130th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 130-14 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 130th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9AM

West side of 130th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9AM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ezra Jack Keats Pre-K Center at 132-10 Jamaica Avenue Pre-K center
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 130th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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