153rd Street & Archer Avenue

The three-way junction of 153rd Street and Archer Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jamaica Performing Arts Center is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Archer Avenue, all day.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
50 feet · 1 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Archer Av/153 St · T300
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
153rd Street & Archer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    50 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    E J Z
  2. Parsons Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

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 Archer Av/153 St, 50 feet away, for the T300.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Archer Av/153 St T300
    50 feet
    T300

Next buses at this stop

  1. T300 …

Live arrivals

Archer Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    610 feet
  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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 190 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 2006 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 138 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2025 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 153rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Archer Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 413558.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1733 and 1862.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Hearts and Minds Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Zeta Charter School – Queens Jamaica School
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. New York School of Career Education Trade or language school
    970 feet
  2. York College Child& Family Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rufus King Park
    360 feet
  2. Rufus King Park Playground
    930 feet
  3. Prospect Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. King Manor Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. St. Monica's Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Jamaica Performing Arts Center Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens County Family Court Courthouse
    250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 153rd Street or Archer Avenue.

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