Pennsylvania Avenue & Jamaica Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue and Jamaica Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 202 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,203 red-light and 247 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. George Walker Jr. Park is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
116 hurt
202 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
830 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av · Q56
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pennsylvania Avenue & Jamaica Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    830 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. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2007) by Scott Redden at the Alabama Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av, 140 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Pennsylvania Av Q56 · Shelter
    140 feet
    Q56
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 170 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 202 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 116 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,203 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 85th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 17 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on Jamaica Avenue2,18217
Westbound on Jamaica Avenue21–
Total2,20317

In 2025, 247 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,549th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 36 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed 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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 300 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    400 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park
    670 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    830 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    820 feet
  2. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Jackie Robinson Parkway, Jamaica Avenue or Pennsylvania Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.