Jamaica Avenue & 213th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 213th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Litchhult Square is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jamaica Av/213 St, is 70 feet away for the Q110, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Jamaica Av/213 St · Q110
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 213th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/213 St, 70 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/213 St Q110 · Shelter
    70 feet
    Q110
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Hempstead Avenue & Cross Island Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.5 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 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11428
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
23 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hempstead Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hempstead Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 18 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 18 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403929 and 407080.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Step Learners Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    190 feet
  2. Amazing Grace Cna Training & Staffin Trade or language school
    200 feet
  3. Helping Hand Academy I School
    290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Litchhult Square
    60 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 213th Street, Hempstead Avenue 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.