Jamaica Avenue & 177th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 177th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Savior Lutheran Church Jamaica is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Jamaica Av/178 St · Q110
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 177th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-179 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/178 St, 80 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/178 St Q110
    80 feet
    Q110

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

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

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

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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (north side).

East side of 177th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 177th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 405593.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Magic Fingers Natural Hair Institute Trade or language school
    290 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 268 School
    430 feet
  3. The Lutheran Church of Our Savior Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harvard Playground
    880 feet

Health care

  1. Highland Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Our Savior Lutheran Church Jamaica House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 177th 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.