158th Street & Beaver Road

The four-way crossing of 158th Street and Beaver Road is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 82 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Prospect Cemetery is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, is about five minutes on foot, for the E, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings. About 140 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2020, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
Archer Av/Parsons Blvd · Q20, Q111
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 1 cemetery and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
158th Street & Beaver Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    1,180 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
    0.4 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 Archer Av/Parsons Blvd, 1,010 feet away, for the Q20 and Q111.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Archer Av/Parsons Blvd Q20, Q111 · Shelter
    1,010 feet
    Q20 Q111
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q111 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    790 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 82 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,792nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 59 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 140 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 in 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 Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 158th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-3PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Beaver Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival and Romanesque Revival (early), one each, and built between 1857 and 1859.

  1. Chapel of the Sisters Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens Jamaica School
    1,190 feet
  2. South Jamaica Center for Children & Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Cemetery Listed historic place
    190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Monica's Church Listed historic place
    990 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens County Family Court Courthouse
    500 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 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 158th Street or Beaver Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.