105th Avenue & Waltham Street

The four-way crossing of 105th Avenue and Waltham Street is in Jamaica, Queens, and is also named Clara Belle Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Pius V Church is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about nine minutes on foot, for the E, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Waltham St/Liberty Av · Q112
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
105th Avenue & Waltham Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. J …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. J …
  3. Z …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Waltham St/Liberty Av, 260 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Waltham St/Liberty Av Q112
    260 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Clara Belle Place, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Clara Belle Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Waltham Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 050 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School
    860 feet
  2. Concerned Parents of Jamaica Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Norelli-Hargreaves Memorial Triangle
    340 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pius V Church House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Archer Ave New Post Office
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 303/Ladder 126 Fire station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 105th Avenue or Waltham Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.