Jamaica Avenue & Hendrix Street

Jamaica Avenue and Hendrix Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Reformation Lutheran Church is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Jamaica Av/Hendrix St · Q56
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Hendrix Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    1,300 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. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The View From Here” (2007) by Barbara Ellmann at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Hendrix St, 140 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Hendrix St Q56 · Countdown sign
    140 feet
    Q56
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Siclen Ave & Arlington Ave 14 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2021
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Baybee Lounge Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    1,030 feet
  2. Highland Park Community Garden
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Anglican Church Trinity Church East NY House of worship
    460 feet
  2. Reformation Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    690 feet
  3. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hendrix Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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