Jamaica Avenue & Cleveland Street

Jamaica Avenue and Cleveland Street meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Dawn of Glory” is 90 feet away, and North Brooklyn YMCA is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Cleveland St, is about five minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cleveland St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Jamaica Av/Cleveland St · Q56
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Cleveland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cleveland St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Las Flores” (2007) by Amy Cheng at the Cleveland St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Cleveland St, 160 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Cleveland St Q56 · Shelter
    160 feet
    Q56
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Cleveland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Cleveland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Highland Park.

  1. Dawn of Glory Statue by Pietro Montana, 1924
    90 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    40 feet
  2. Lower Highland Playground
    120 feet
  3. Highland Park Community Garden
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cleveland 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.