Jamaica Avenue & Bradford Street

Jamaica Avenue and Bradford Street meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. George Walker Jr. Park Playground is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Jamaica Av/Bradford St · Q56
Within a walk
10 places
7 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Bradford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    1,320 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Liberty Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The View From Here” (2007) by Barbara Ellmann at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Bradford St, 60 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Bradford St Q56
    60 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Siclen Ave & Arlington Ave 14 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 960 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 75 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    810 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    540 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    180 feet
  2. St Josephs Anglican Church Trinity Church East NY House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 15 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 Bradford Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.