Jamaica Avenue & Norwood Avenue

Jamaica Avenue and Norwood 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highland Park is 590 feet away, and Chestnut Street Garden is 1,300 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 religious buildings.

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

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Norwood Avenue 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Hills J
    0.4 miles
    J

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/Norwood Av, 120 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Norwood Av Q56
    120 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Norwood Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Norwood Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 065 School · pre-K
    620 feet
  2. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    590 feet
  2. Sam Leggio Triangle
    740 feet
  3. Chestnut Street Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Andrews Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 Norwood Avenue.

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