159th Street & 109th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 159th Street and 109th Avenue is in South Jamaica, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's South Jamaica II development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. South Jamaica Community Center is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 109 Av/157 St, is 520 feet away for the Q60, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
109 Av/157 St · Q60
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
159th Street & 109th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 109 Av/157 St, 520 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 109 Av/157 St Q60
    520 feet
    Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 108-46 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 April 2024.

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)
South Jamaica
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1967.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's South Jamaica II development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 109th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 109th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 159th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 159th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Afro-American Parents Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Jamaica Children's School
    890 feet
  3. P.S. 040 Samuel Huntington School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jamaica Playground
    370 feet
  2. Marconi Park
    510 feet
  3. Discovery Community Garden 2 Garden
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. George Washington Carver Botanical Garden
    770 feet
  2. Marconi Park Playground
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Jamaica Library
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Jamaica Community Center
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 109th Avenue or 159th Street.

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