Jamaica Avenue & 173rd Street

Jamaica Avenue and 173rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 887 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S./I.S. 268 is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Jamaica Av/173 St · Q110
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 173rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-179 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/173 St, 90 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/173 St Q110 · Shelter
    90 feet
    Q110
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184-45 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019
  • Turn calming, May 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 887 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 836th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 337 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Jamaica Avenue672242
Eastbound on Jamaica Avenue21595
Total887337

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
54 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 173rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 173rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 422331 and 425348.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 268 School
    520 feet
  2. The Lutheran Church of Our Savior Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Magic Fingers Natural Hair Institute Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. District 29 Pre-K Center at 168-42 Jamaica Avenue Pre-K center
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Highland Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Savior Lutheran Church Jamaica House of worship
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 173rd Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.