Jamaica Avenue & 131st Street

Jamaica Avenue and 131st 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 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, 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 13 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
110 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 & 131st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.3 miles
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/130 St, 110 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/130 St Q56
    110 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
    780 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
57 feet above sea level

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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 131st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 131st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 403505.

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
    540 feet
  2. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 131st Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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