Jamaica Avenue & Forest Parkway

Jamaica Avenue and Forest Parkway meet at a three-way junction in Woodhaven, Queens. The corner is also named Maria Thomson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Woodhaven Library is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, 85 St-Forest Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
85 St-Forest Pkwy
570 feet · 2 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Jamaica Av/Forest Pkwy · Q56
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 library and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Forest Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 85 St-Forest Pkwy, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    570 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Forest Pkwy, 120 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Forest Pkwy Q56
    120 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11421
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Maria Thomson Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Maria Thomson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (south side).

East side of Forest Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Forest Parkway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 454612, 454613, 454660 and 461707.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 097 Forest Park School
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodhaven Library
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernacle of Emmanuel Full Gospel Assemblies House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodhaven Post Office
    220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    90 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    430 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Parkway or Jamaica Avenue.

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