Jamaica Avenue & Chestnut Street
Jamaica Avenue and Chestnut Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Chestnut Street Garden is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Hills, is about four minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Cypress Hills, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.
- Cypress Hills J1,050 feetJ
Next trains at this station
Queens
1 line- J …
Manhattan
1 line- J …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the Cypress Hills station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Cypress Hills St, 190 feet away, for the Q56.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jamaica Av/Cypress Hills St Q56190 feetQ56
Next buses at this stop
- Q56 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 766 Jamaica Avenue Gas station340 feet
- 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 37
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Cypress Hills
- Elevation
- 64 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1901 and 1920.
Trees
NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Chestnut Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Chestnut Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Jamaica Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 garden
Schools and child care
- P.S. 065 School · pre-K720 feet
- P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln School1,180 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Chestnut Street Garden130 feet
Houses of worship
- Andrews Methodist Church Listed historic place1,100 feet
Supermarkets
- Western Beef Supermarket760 feet
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Euclid Avenue & Jamaica Avenue at Cypress Hills Street 320 feet
- Euclid Avenue & Jamaica Avenue 400 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Richmond Street 400 feet
- Chestnut Street & Etna Street 700 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Logan Street 790 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Crescent Street 850 feet
- Etna Street & Richmond Street 1,000 feet
- Euclid Avenue & Etna Street 1,070 feet
See every intersection along Chestnut Street or Jamaica Avenue.