Jamaica Avenue & Essex Street

Jamaica Avenue and Essex 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, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Highland Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Cleveland St, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them parks. 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
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av · Q56
Within a walk
8 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Essex Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cleveland St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

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/Shepherd Av, 190 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av Q56
    190 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    600 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
57 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 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Essex Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Essex Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    30 feet
  2. Lower Highland Playground
    340 feet
  3. Sam Leggio Triangle
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. Highland Park Community Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    350 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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