Jamaica Avenue & 98th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 98th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 294/Ladder 143 firehouse is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
840 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jamaica Av/98 St · Q56
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    840 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. 104 St J, Z
    1,270 feet
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the Woodhaven Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/98 St, 30 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/98 St Q56
    30 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 90-01 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
29 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
46 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401458 and 455331.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Fordham Institute Trade or language school
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wyckoff-Snediker Family Cemetery Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church Woodhaven House of worship
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 294/Ladder 143 Fire station
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 98th 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.