Jamaica Avenue & Wyona Street

Jamaica Avenue and Wyona Street meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 1,659 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Uncommon Leadership CHS is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
28 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Jamaica Av/Wyona St · Q56
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Wyona Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen 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. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Liberty Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

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/Wyona St, 50 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Wyona St Q56
    50 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Jersey Ave & Jamaica Ave 12 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 690 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,659 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Eastbound on Jamaica Avenue1,043
Westbound on Jamaica Avenue616
Total1,659

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 103 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Wyona Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    540 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    270 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park
    340 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jamaica Avenue or Wyona Street.

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