Jamaica Avenue & 181st Street

Jamaica Avenue and 181st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Jamaica Av/183 St · Q110
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 181st 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/183 St, 620 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/183 St Q110
    620 feet
    Q110

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184-45 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11423
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

Homes

About 500 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 54 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
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 181st Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 181st Street

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

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 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
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harvard Playground
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and five 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 181st 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.