159th Street & Beaver Road

The three-way junction of 159th Street and Beaver Road is in Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Prospect Cemetery is 30 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 20 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2020, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
360 feet · 1 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Archer Av/Parsons Blvd · Q20, Q111
Within a walk
20 places
4 religious buildings, 4 trade or language schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
159th Street & Beaver Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 360 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
    360 feet
    E J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.5 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/Parsons Blvd, 190 feet away, for the Q20 and Q111.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q111 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 300 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 95 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the black cherry.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival (early). They were mostly built between 1857 and 1898.

  1. Chapel of the Sisters Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Saint Monica's Church Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. Jamaica Savings Bank Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens Jamaica School
    380 feet
  2. South Jamaica Center for Children & Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  3. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College School
    530 feet
Show all 10
  1. York College Child& Family Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
  3. New York School of Career Education Trade or language school
    840 feet
  4. Queens Computer Ctr Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  5. CUNY York College
    1,200 feet
  6. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  7. Nail Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Cemetery Listed historic place
    30 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. La Casina Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Office of the Register Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Sidewalk Clock at 161-11 Jamaica Avenue, New York Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens County Family Court Courthouse
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 159th Street or Beaver Road.

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