Van Siclen Avenue & Jamaica Avenue

Van Siclen Avenue and Jamaica Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. George Walker Jr. Park Playground is 1,090 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 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Jamaica Av/Van Siclen Av · Q56, T430, T434
Within a walk
12 places
8 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Siclen Avenue & Jamaica Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    1,030 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, 100 feet away, for the Q56, T430 and T434.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Van Siclen Av Q56, T430, T434
    100 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
    340 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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 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
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park
    1,160 feet
  3. Highland Park
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    690 feet
  2. St Josephs Anglican Church Trinity Church East NY House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Reformation Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    510 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 16 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jamaica Avenue or Van Siclen Avenue.

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.