143rd Street & Archer Avenue

The four-way crossing of 143rd Street and Archer Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Howard Von Dohlen Playground is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
820 feet · 3 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
94 Av/143 St · Q24
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
143rd Street & Archer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    820 feet
    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. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.5 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 94 Av/143 St, 660 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 94 Av/143 St Q24
    660 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1932.

Trees

Three trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 143rd Street

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

West side of 143rd 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 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Archer Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    840 feet
  3. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    550 feet
  2. Gateway Park
    1,220 feet
  3. Gateway Park Playground
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,270 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 143rd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.