Jamaica Avenue & Nichols Avenue
Jamaica Avenue and Nichols Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, at the edge of Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South). Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Hills, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Cypress Hills, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.
- 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Cypress Hills J520 feetJ
Next trains at this station
Queens
1 line- J …
Manhattan
1 line- J …
Also within a walk
- 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z1,040 feetJ Z
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the Cypress Hills station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Nichols Av, 120 feet away, for the Q56.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jamaica Av/Nichols Av Q56120 feetQ56
Next buses at this stop
- Q56 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station760 feet
- 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.
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
- 53 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is 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 1901 and 1915.
Trees
Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and December 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Jamaica Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
East side of Nichols Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
West side of Nichols Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln School1,090 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket1,040 feet
- Western Beef Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Jamaica Avenue & Lincoln Avenue 240 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Grant Avenue 320 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Autumn Avenue 470 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Eldert Lane 600 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Hemlock Street 740 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & Dexter Court 840 feet
- 87th Avenue & Eldert Lane 860 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & 75th Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along Jamaica Avenue or Nichols Avenue.