Jamaica Avenue & Van Siclen Court

Jamaica Avenue and Van Siclen Court meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mision Cristiana Bethesda is 780 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 ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Jamaica Avenue & Van Siclen Court Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    1,120 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. Cleveland St J
    0.5 miles
    J
  2. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.5 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/Van Siclen Av, 20 feet away, for the Q56, T430 and T434.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Van Siclen Av Q56, T430, T434
    20 feet
    Q56 T430 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …
  2. T430 …
  3. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 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 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Baybee Lounge Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    1,180 feet
  2. Highland Park
    1,220 feet
  3. George Walker Jr. Park
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Anglican Church Trinity Church East NY House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Reformation Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 15 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.