Jamaica Avenue & 189th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 189th Street meet at a three-way junction in Hollis, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Helping Hand Academy II is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jamaica Av/188 St, is 270 feet away for the Q110, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Jamaica Av/188 St · Q110
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 189th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/188 St, 270 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/188 St Q110
    270 feet
    Q110

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 188th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184-45 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.3 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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)
Hollis
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

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 1928 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 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
  • 5 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of 189th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 189th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403658 and 407002.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Helping Hand Academy II School
    100 feet
  2. Cambria Heights Academy School
    600 feet
  3. Wellspring Schools School
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Wellspring UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Committee for Early Childhood Development Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 035 Nathaniel Woodhull School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hollis Veterans Square
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 189th 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.