Jamaica Avenue & 179th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 179th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Harvard Playground is 470 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, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Jamaica Av/179 St · Q110
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 179th Street 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, 80 feet away, for the Q110.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2014

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
54 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 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 179th Street

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

West side of 179th Street

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

North side of Jamaica Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 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
    260 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 268 School
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 095 Eastwood School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harvard Playground
    470 feet

Health care

  1. Highland Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 91-34 182nd Place Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 179th 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.