Woodhaven

Neighborhood · Queens

Woodhaven stretches along Jamaica Avenue in southwestern Queens, from Forest Park south to Atlantic Avenue, between Richmond Hill and Brooklyn's Cypress Hills.

  • 0.85 square miles
  • 41,948 residents, 2020 Census
  • 185 street corners
  • 3 subway stations
  • 10 bus routes

Connecticut developer John R. Pitkin laid out its eastern part in 1835 as a workers' village called Woodville, and in 1853 residents switched to the name Woodhaven so it would not be mistaken for a place upstate. Even earlier, the Union Course, a racetrack opened in 1821 between 78th and 82nd Streets, staged match races between Northern and Southern horses before crowds of up to 70,000. Jamaica Avenue, which follows an old Native American trail, remains the main shopping street, beneath the elevated train.

Sources: Woodhaven, Queens (Wikipedia); Woodhaven (Queens Community Board 9).

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Woodhaven borders five areas, and 91st Avenue and Jamaica Avenue hold more of its corners than any other street, 22 each of 187.

Street map of Woodhaven, Queens, outlined among Forest Park, Ozone Park (North), Richmond Hill and Cypress Hills, with its three subway stations and Forest Park.Forest ParkRichmond HillOzone Park (North)Cypress HillsHighland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South)
  • Woodhaven
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Woodhaven Blvd lines J Z accessible
  • 85 St-Forest Pkwy lines J
  • 75 St-Elderts Ln lines J Z

Getting around

Three subway stations and buses on ten routes stop in or at the edge of Woodhaven.

  • 3 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 8 local bus routes
  • 2 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • J90
  • Q7
  • Q11
  • Q24
  • Q52-SBS
  • Q53-SBS
  • Q56
  • T340

Express bus routes

  • BM5
  • QM15

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 1,092 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 5.8 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 25 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 28 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
24
Accessible pedestrian signals
11
Turn calming
2
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
1
Safety Improvement Projects
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more bus-lane camera tickets than red-light or school-zone speed tickets.

  • 2,663 red-light camera tickets at two corners
  • 428 school-zone speed camera tickets at one corner
  • 2,940 bus-lane camera tickets at two corners
Most red-light tickets
Woodhaven Boulevard & Atlantic Avenue, 1,744
Most speed tickets
85th Drive & Forest Parkway, 428
Most bus-lane tickets
Jamaica Avenue & Woodhaven Boulevard, 1,916

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 41,948 residents in Woodhaven, about 49,400 per square mile.

  • 13,139 homes, 2020 Census
  • 68 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 5,928 residential lots hold buildings from 1920 or earlier, and 93% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks

Parkland
2.8 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Forest Park (1.4 acres) and Equity Playground (1.3 acres)

Streets and trees

Trees
2,777 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, pin oak and thornless honeylocust
Street with the most corners
91st Avenue, with 22 of the area's 187
Height above sea level
From 23 feet at Fulton Street & Eldert Lane to 125 feet at Woodhaven Boulevard & Forest Park Drive
Honorary street names
9 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists five schools and one library in Woodhaven.

Public schools
4
Charter or private school
1
Library
Woodhaven Library

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 274 major felonies at places in Woodhaven.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Woodhaven

  • 264 major felonies in 2024
  • 929 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Woodhaven, the NYPD recorded another 72 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 8.2 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Woodhaven.

Police precinct
102nd
Major felonies recorded at places in Woodhaven, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 136 major felonies at places in Woodhaven, against 129 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.