146th Street & Archer Avenue

The three-way junction of 146th 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 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
230 feet · 1 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd · Q30, Q31, Q43, Q75
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
146th Street & Archer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    230 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. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd, 240 feet away, for the Q30, Q31, Q43 and Q75.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd Q30, Q31, Q43, Q75
    240 feet
    Q30 Q31 Q43 Q75

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …
  2. Q31 …
  3. Q43 …
  4. Q75 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2017 and 2024.

Since 2014 at least 947 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 146th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO MTA POLICE

West side of 146th Street

  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Archer Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Moderne, and built in 1939.

  1. Jamaica Savings Bank Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    250 feet
  3. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    330 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  2. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 146th Street or Archer Avenue.

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