Jamaica Avenue & Highland Boulevard

Jamaica Avenue and Highland Boulevard meet at a five-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, at the edge of Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South). Between 2021 and 2025, 58 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lower Highland Playground is 890 feet away, and P.S. 065 is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites. A bike lane separated from traffic runs through this corner.

Safety record
49 hurt
58 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av · Q56
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Highland Boulevard 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 …

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/Shepherd Av, 170 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av Q56 · Shelter
    170 feet
    Q56
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    1,100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 58 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 49 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Force Tube Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Highland Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Highland Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 19 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 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
    450 feet
  2. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 065 School · pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    50 feet
  2. Sam Leggio Triangle
    110 feet
  3. Lower Highland Playground
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Force Tube Avenue, Highland Boulevard, Highland Place or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.