Jamaica Avenue & Jackie Robinson Parkway

Jamaica Avenue and Jackie Robinson Parkway meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East New York Post Office is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
740 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av · Q56
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Jackie Robinson Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    740 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. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2007) by Scott Redden at the Alabama Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av, 230 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av Q56 · Shelter
    230 feet
    Q56
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Jersey Ave & Jamaica Ave 12 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 260 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    650 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2016

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 300 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    490 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park
    750 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    920 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    910 feet
  2. East New York Post Office
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jackie Robinson Parkway or Jamaica Avenue.

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