Jamaica Avenue & 220th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 220th Street meet at a three-way junction in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Village Veterans Plaza is 480 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jamaica Av/220 St, is 70 feet away for the Q36, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
27 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Jamaica Av/220 St · Q36
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 220th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/220 St, 70 feet away, for the Q36.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/220 St Q36
    70 feet
    Q36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and May 2025, 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).

West side of 220th Street

  • No parking 2 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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405163 and 406231.

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
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. A to Z Center Too Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. Kidslandny Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. Abd School for Nurse Aides Trade or language school
    440 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./I.S. 295 School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queens Village Veterans Plaza
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queens Reformed Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church Flushing House of worship
    320 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 304/Ladder 162 Fire station
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and seven 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 220th 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.