Jamaica Avenue & Georgia Avenue

Jamaica Avenue and Georgia Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East New York Workforce1 Career Center is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
270 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Jamaica Av/Georgia Av · T340, T434
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Georgia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    270 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    1,220 feet
    L
  2. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.3 miles
    A C J L Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2007) by Scott Redden at the Alabama Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Georgia Av, 60 feet away, for the T340 and T434.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Georgia Av T340, T434
    60 feet
    T340 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. T340 …
  2. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & Fulton St 16 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 218 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Georgia Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Georgia Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    810 feet
  2. East New York Post Office
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Georgia Avenue 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.