138th Street & Archer Avenue

The three-way junction of 138th Street and Archer Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Gateway Park is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about six minutes on foot, for the E, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1918 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
1,180 feet
Atlantic Av/Van WYCK Expwy West · Q24
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
138th Street & Archer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.3 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Van WYCK Expwy West, 1,180 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Van WYCK Expwy West Q24
    1,180 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 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 1918 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 138th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 138th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Archer Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Iman School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    40 feet
  2. Gateway Park
    1,000 feet
  3. Gateway Park Playground
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 138th Street or Archer Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.