Jamaica Avenue & Dexter Court

Jamaica Avenue and Dexter Court meet at a three-way junction in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Academy of Innovative Technology is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 St-Elderts Ln, is about a minute on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them schools, and 16 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 St-Elderts Ln
200 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Jamaica Av/Dexter Ct · J90, T340
Within a walk
9 places
6 schools and 3 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Dexter Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 St-Elderts Ln, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    200 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Hills J
    0.3 miles
    J
  2. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 75 St-Elderts Ln station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Dexter Ct, 40 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Dexter Ct J90, T340 · Shelter
    40 feet
    J90 T340
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11421
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
75 and 102 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2025 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership Charter High School
    890 feet
  2. Academy of Innovative Technology School
    1,020 feet
  3. Brooklyn Lab School
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School
    1,020 feet
  2. Multicultural High School
    1,020 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare School
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dexter Court or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.