Jamaica Avenue & Miller Avenue

Jamaica Avenue and Miller Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mision Cristiana Bethesda is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
23 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Jamaica Av/Miller Av · Q56
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Miller Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    1,160 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. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

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/Miller Av, 110 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Miller Av Q56
    110 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Miller Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1,220 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1940.

Since 2014 at least 57 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jamaica Avenue

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

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Miller Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Miller Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    1,080 feet
  2. Baybee Lounge Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    810 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park
    880 feet
  3. Highland Park
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Upper Highland Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    410 feet
  2. St Josephs Anglican Church Trinity Church East NY House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Reformation Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 17 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 Jamaica Avenue or Miller 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.