Jamaica Avenue & 79th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 79th Street meet at a three-way junction in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Woodhaven Post Office is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 St-Elderts Ln, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 St-Elderts Ln
940 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Jamaica Av/77 St · Q56
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 St-Elderts Ln, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    940 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. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    1,250 feet
    J
  2. Cypress Hills J
    0.5 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/77 St, 280 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/77 St Q56
    280 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 April 2025.

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
57 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 1915 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and November 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).

East side of 79th Street

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

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 444069 and 448933.

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
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 79th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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