Jamaica Avenue & 75th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 75th Street meet at a three-way junction in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 St-Elderts Ln, is about a minute on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them schools, and 16 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 St-Elderts Ln
40 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Jamaica Av/75 St · J90, T340
Within a walk
9 places
6 schools and 3 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 75th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 St-Elderts Ln, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    40 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Hills J
    0.3 miles
    J
  2. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 75 St-Elderts Ln station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/75 St, 110 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/75 St J90, T340
    110 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    440 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11421
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 75th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY & THURSDAY 7AM-3PM

West side of 75th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership Charter High School
    1,090 feet
  2. Academy of Innovative Technology School
    1,210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Lab School
    1,210 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School
    1,210 feet
  2. Multicultural High School
    1,210 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare School
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 75th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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