153rd Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way
The three-way junction of 153rd Street and Tuskegee Airmen Way is in Jamaica, Queens, and is also named Flt. Officer Lawrence A. Brown Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Emmanu-El in Zion Temple Grace is 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tuskegee Airmen Way/154 St, is 310 feet away for the Q112, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Tuskegee Airmen Way/154 St, 310 feet away, for the Q112.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Tuskegee Airmen Way/154 St Q112310 feetQ112
Next buses at this stop
- Q112 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11433
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 28
- Police precinct
- 103
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Jamaica
- Elevation
- 27 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: Flt. Officer Lawrence A. Brown Corner (Local Law 34 of 2014, enacted on July 9, 2014) and 2nd Lt. William M. “Wild Bill” Wheeler Way (Local Law 34 of 2014, enacted on July 9, 2014).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2025 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Tuskegee Airmen Way
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Tuskegee Airmen Way
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 10 religious buildings
Houses of worship
- Emmanu-El in Zion Temple Grace House of worship380 feet
- Christ Apostolic Church Wosem House of worship1,310 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and eight food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 154th Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way 260 feet
- 150th Street & 148th Street at Tuskegee Airmen Way 270 feet
- 107th Avenue & 153rd Street 360 feet
- 155th Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way 520 feet
- 148th Street & 106th Avenue 560 feet
- 150th Street & 107th Avenue 600 feet
- 107th Avenue & 154th Street 610 feet
- Sutphin Boulevard & Tuskegee Airmen Way 650 feet
See every intersection along 153rd Street or Tuskegee Airmen Way.