Jamaica Avenue & 165th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 165th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. J. Kurtz & Sons Store, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 730 feet away, and Queens Workforce1 Career Center is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Jamaica Av/165 St · Q54, Q56, Q110
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 6 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 165th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. J …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jamaica Center Station Riders, Blue” (1991) by Sam Gilliam at the Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/165 St, 70 feet away, for the Q54, Q56 and Q110.

  • 41 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/165 St Q54, Q56, Q110 · Shelter
    70 feet
    Q54 Q56 Q110
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Jamaica Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    910 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2018 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 650 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 165th Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 2PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING NOON-6PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 8 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6PM-NOON ALL DAYS

West side of 165th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-3AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING NOON-6PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 7 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6PM-NOON ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 404386.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco and Spanish and Mexican Baroque, one each, and built between 1928 and 1931.

  1. Loew's Valencia Theater Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. J. Kurtz & Sons Store Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Metropolitan Career Institute Trade or language school
    310 feet
  2. Crown Business Inst-Nyc Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. New Allen School Trade or language school
    550 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Mineola Trade or language school
    760 feet
  2. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Nail Academy (The) Trade or language school
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 161-11 Jamaica Avenue, New York Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Central Library
    1,080 feet
  3. Office of the Register Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jamaica Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 92-47 165th Street Older adult center
    660 feet
  2. Older adult center at 89-60 164th Street Older adult center
    710 feet
  3. Queens Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. 103rd Precinct Police station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    680 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,040 feet

Other places

  1. Jamaica Bus Terminal
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 165th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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