Jamaica Avenue & 179th Place

Jamaica Avenue and 179th Place meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 3,625 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church is 140 feet away, and P.S. 095 Eastwood is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Jamaica Av/179 St · Q110
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 179th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-179 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/179 St, 340 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/179 St Q110
    340 feet
    Q110

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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. 184-45 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,625 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 234th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,087 more were issued.

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
23 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 179th Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 179th Place

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

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Magic Fingers Natural Hair Institute Trade or language school
    520 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 268 School
    1,100 feet
  3. P.S. 095 Eastwood School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harvard Playground
    210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 91-34 182nd Place Older adult center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 179th Place or Jamaica Avenue.

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