Jamaica Avenue & Eldert Lane

Jamaica Avenue and Eldert Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Woodhaven, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Universal Church is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 St-Elderts Ln, is about two minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them schools, and 13 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 St-Elderts Ln
440 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Jamaica Av/Eldert LN · Q56
Within a walk
9 places
6 schools and 3 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Eldert Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 St-Elderts Ln, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    440 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
    1,120 feet
    J
  2. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    0.5 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/Eldert LN, 40 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Eldert LN Q56
    40 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
32 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75 and 102 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1935.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

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 April 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Eldert Lane

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Eldert Lane

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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
    1,130 feet
  2. Academy of Innovative Technology School
    1,260 feet
  3. Brooklyn Lab School
    1,260 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School
    1,260 feet
  2. Multicultural High School
    1,260 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare School
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Church House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Eldert Lane 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.