Jamaica Avenue & Crescent Street
Jamaica Avenue and Crescent Street meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, at the edge of Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South). Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Hills, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Cypress Hills, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.
- 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Cypress Hills J190 feetJ
Next trains at this station
Queens
1 line- J …
Manhattan
1 line- J …
Also within a walk
- Crescent St J, Z0.4 milesJ Z
- 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z0.4 milesJ Z
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/Crescent St, 30 feet away, for the B13 and Q56.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jamaica Av/Crescent St B13, Q5630 feetB13 Q56
Next buses at this stop
- B13 …
- Q56 …
Cycling
- 4 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 794 Jamaica Avenue Gas station500 feet
- 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.9 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.
- 12 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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; the corner is on the edge of the Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South) area
- Elevation
- 60 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1935.
Trees
Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 16 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Crescent Street
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Crescent Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
South side of Jamaica Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 garden
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln School320 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Chestnut Street Garden840 feet
Supermarkets
- Western Beef Supermarket360 feet
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Crescent Street & Wharton Place 350 feet
- Euclid Avenue & Jamaica Avenue 460 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Hemlock Street 460 feet
- Euclid Avenue & Jamaica Avenue at Cypress Hills Street 530 feet
- Crescent Street & Cox Place 600 feet
- Crescent Street & Cypress Court 640 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Autumn Avenue 740 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Chestnut Street 850 feet
See every intersection along Crescent Street or Jamaica Avenue.