159th Street & Evans Road

The three-way junction of 159th Street and Evans Road is in Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, is about four minutes on foot, for the E, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
980 feet · 4 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Archer Av/Parsons Blvd · Q20, Q111
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
159th Street & Evans Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    980 feet
    E J Z

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. J …
  3. 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, 800 feet away, for the Q20 and Q111.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q111 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1856 and 1857.

  1. Chapel of the Sisters Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Saint Monica's Church Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 college
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. South Jamaica Center for Children & Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    160 feet
  2. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College School
    170 feet
  3. CUNY York College
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens Jamaica School
    990 feet
  2. York College Child& Family Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Cemetery Listed historic place
    310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and homes within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 159th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18–30, 2026.