Jamaica Avenue & Vanderveer Street
Jamaica Avenue and Vanderveer Street meet at a three-way junction in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bethel Christian Learning Center is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jamaica Av/215 St, is 240 feet away for the Q110, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/215 St, 240 feet away, for the Q110.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jamaica Av/215 St Q110240 feetQ110
Next buses at this stop
- Q110 …
Cycling
- 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway at Clearview Expressway & Hillside Avenue at 212th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station1,120 feet
- 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
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
- 76 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
Homes
About 300 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 1920 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
- 4 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (south side).
North side of Jamaica Avenue
- Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
East side of Vanderveer Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Vanderveer Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 407080 and 407113.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Bethel Christian Learning Center School720 feet
- Tiny Step Learners Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 51,070 feet
- Amazing Grace Cna Training & Staffin Trade or language school1,090 feet
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- Helping Hand Academy I School1,180 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Litchhult Square940 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch310 feet
- Capital One Bank branch1,090 feet
- Citibank Bank branch1,140 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store110 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Jamaica Avenue & 215th Street 270 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & 214th Place 350 feet
- Vanderveer Street & 94th Road 490 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & 215th Place 540 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & 214th Street 640 feet
- 215th Street & 94th Road 750 feet
- 214th Place & 94th Road 780 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & 216th Street 810 feet
See every intersection along Jamaica Avenue or Vanderveer Street.