150th Street & 97th Avenue

The three-way junction of 150th 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 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 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 two places to eat. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1920, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Sutphin Blvd/97 Av · Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 +1
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 cemetery and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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150th Street & 97th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jamaica Center Station Riders, Blue” (1991) by Sam Gilliam at the Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/97 Av, 1,030 feet away, for the Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 and Q60.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd/97 Av Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 +1
    1,030 feet
    Q6 Q8 Q9 Q41 Q60

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

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
    1,250 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
    2.3 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. Nobody was hurt.

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 160 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 150th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

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 cemetery
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Archer Ave New Post Office
    880 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 150th 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.