Jamaica Avenue & 216th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 216th Street meet at a three-way junction in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Village Veterans Plaza is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jamaica Av/215 St, is 590 feet away for the Q110, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Jamaica Av/215 St · Q110
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 216th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/215 St, 590 feet away, for the Q110.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/215 St Q110
    590 feet
    Q110

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q110 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (south side).

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 407080 and 408209.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Queens Village Veterans Plaza.

  1. Queens Village-Bellerose Memorial Stele, 1949
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Christian Learning Center School
    180 feet
  2. Kidslandny Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. Abd School for Nurse Aides Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queens Village Veterans Plaza
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Queens Village Library
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queens Reformed Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 304/Ladder 162 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    320 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten 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 216th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.