Jamaica Avenue & Hemlock Street

Jamaica Avenue and Hemlock Street meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Hills, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Hills
310 feet · 1 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jamaica Av/Hemlock St · Q56
Within a walk
2 places
1 garden and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Hemlock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Hills, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cypress Hills J
    310 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Queens
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. Crescent St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the Cypress Hills station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Hemlock St, 30 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Hemlock St Q56
    30 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 794 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

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
Elevation
58 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln School
    340 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chestnut Street Garden
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hemlock Street 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.