Jamaica Avenue & 191st Street

Jamaica Avenue and 191st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Hollis, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 035 Nathaniel Woodhull is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jamaica Av/193 St, is 480 feet away for the Q110, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Jamaica Av/193 St · Q110
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 191st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/193 St, 480 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/193 St Q110
    480 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, 1 mile 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
    1.4 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 191st Street

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

West side of 191st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

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

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 402721 and 406698.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Wellspring UPK School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Wellspring Schools School
    410 feet
  3. Committee for Early Childhood Development Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 035 Nathaniel Woodhull School
    490 feet
  2. Helping Hand Academy II School
    570 feet
  3. Cambria Heights Academy School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hollis Veterans Square
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 191st Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.