148th Street & 97th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 148th Street and 97th Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Archer Ave New Post Office is 390 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 four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2017 and 2024, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 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
530 feet
Sutphin Blvd/97 Av · Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 +1
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
148th Street & 97th 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 Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/97 Av, 530 feet away, for the Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 and Q60.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd/97 Av Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 +1
    530 feet
    Q6 Q8 Q9 Q41 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q6 …
  2. Q8 …
  3. Q9 …
  4. Q41 …
  5. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    930 feet
  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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 670 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 97th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 97th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Norelli-Hargreaves Memorial Triangle
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Archer Ave New Post Office
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and ten 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 148th Street or 97th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.