Jamaica Avenue & 76th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 76th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Woodhaven Post Office is 1,280 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 three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 St-Elderts Ln, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    290 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, 160 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    690 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 76th Street

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

West side of 76th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

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

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 post office

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodhaven Post Office
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    340 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 76th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.