Jamaica Avenue & Amboy Lane

Jamaica Avenue and Amboy Lane meet at a three-way junction in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Village Veterans Plaza is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av, is 50 feet away for the Q88, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av · Q88
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Amboy Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av, 50 feet away, for the Q88.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av Q88
    50 feet
    Q88

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q88 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (north side).

North side of Amboy Lane

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Amboy Lane

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403374, 403888 and 408203.

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
    110 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kidslandny Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. Abd School for Nurse Aides Trade or language school
    510 feet
  3. A to Z Center Too Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bethel Christian Learning Center School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queens Village Veterans Plaza
    60 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Queens Village Library
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queens Reformed Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church Flushing House of worship
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 304/Ladder 162 Fire station
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    180 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    410 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and eight 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Lane 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.