Jamaica Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue

Jamaica Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Al-Iman School is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
180 feet · 1 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jamaica Av/Metropolitan Av · J90, T340
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    180 feet
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Briarwood E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Metropolitan Av, 30 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Metropolitan Av J90, T340
    30 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
58 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (south side).

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

East side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 406422.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital

Schools and child care

  1. Ezra Jack Keats Pre-K Center at 132-10 Jamaica Avenue Pre-K center
    800 feet
  2. Al-Iman School
    1,020 feet
  3. Tiegerman High School
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Cenacle Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and eight 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jamaica Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.