Jamaica Avenue & Grant Avenue

Jamaica Avenue and Grant Avenue 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. Universal Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 St-Elderts Ln, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and ten places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 St-Elderts Ln
720 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Jamaica Av/Eldert LN · Q7
Within a walk
3 places
3 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Grant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 St-Elderts Ln, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    720 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
    840 feet
    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, 120 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Eldert LN Q7
    120 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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
    440 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
54 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 1901 and 1930.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Grant Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grant Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and nine 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grant Avenue or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.