Jamaica Avenue & Hale Avenue

Jamaica Avenue and Hale Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Jamaica Av/Hale Av · Q56
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Hale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    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. Cypress Hills J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Culture Swirl” (2007) by Margaret Lanzetta at the Norwood Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Hale Av, 130 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Hale Av Q56
    130 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    290 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    430 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hale Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Hale Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 065 School · pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    250 feet
  2. Sam Leggio Triangle
    400 feet
  3. Lower Highland Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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