89th Avenue & 144th Street

The four-way crossing of 89th Avenue and 144th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forgiveness Assembly Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
710 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Jamaica Av/144 St · Q20, Q56, Q60
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 3 courthouses and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    710 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.3 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/144 St, 310 feet away, for the Q20, Q56 and Q60.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/144 St Q20, Q56, Q60
    310 feet
    Q20 Q56 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'October Glory' red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 144th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 144th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 courthouses
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    380 feet
  2. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Civil Court Courthouse
    1,000 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,070 feet
  3. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 144th Street or 89th Avenue.

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