Jamaica Avenue & Springfield Boulevard

Jamaica Avenue and Springfield Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Queens Reformed Church is 190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/Jamaica Av, is 60 feet away for the Q27 and Q88, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Springfield Blvd/Jamaica Av · Q27, Q88
Within a walk
16 places
10 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Springfield Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/Jamaica Av, 60 feet away, for the Q27 and Q88.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/Jamaica Av Q27, Q88
    60 feet
    Q27 Q88

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q27 …
  2. Q88 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Hempstead Avenue & Cross Island Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 15 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11428
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
23 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

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 1920 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Springfield Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

West side of Springfield Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405163 and 406231.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Queens Village Veterans Plaza.

  1. Queens Village-Bellerose Memorial Stele, 1949
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Kidslandny Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Abd School for Nurse Aides Trade or language school
    150 feet
  3. A to Z Center Too Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bethel Christian Learning Center School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queens Village Veterans Plaza
    190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queens Reformed Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Chinese United Methodist Church Flushing House of worship
    550 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 304/Ladder 162 Fire station
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jamaica Avenue or Springfield Boulevard.

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