Jamaica Avenue & 218th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 218th Street meet at a three-way junction in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Reformed Church is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av, is 320 feet away for the Q88, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av · Q88
Within a walk
19 places
12 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 218th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av, 320 feet away, for the Q88.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av Q88
    320 feet
    Q88

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q88 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

Sixteen 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
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 218th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 218th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 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: 403374, 403378, 403425, 408202 and 408203.

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
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Christian Learning Center School
    620 feet
  2. Kidslandny Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Abd School for Nurse Aides Trade or language school
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. A to Z Center Too Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queens Village Veterans Plaza
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Queens Village Library
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queens Reformed Church House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church Flushing House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 304/Ladder 162 Fire station
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    260 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine 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 218th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.