Jamaica Avenue & Shepherd Avenue

Jamaica Avenue and Shepherd Avenue 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. North Brooklyn YMCA is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av · Q56
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Shepherd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 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. Cleveland St J
    0.5 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/Shepherd Av, 110 feet away, for the Q56.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jamaica Ave & Elton St 18 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    440 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    320 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
Elevation
58 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    50 feet
  2. Sam Leggio Triangle
    390 feet
  3. Lower Highland Playground
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    480 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    90 feet

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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jamaica Avenue or Shepherd 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.