89th Avenue & 145th Street

The four-way crossing of 89th Avenue and 145th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Civil Court is 690 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 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 145th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    900 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
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/144 St, 620 feet away, for the Q20, Q56 and Q60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 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
    0.3 miles
  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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person 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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 145th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 145th Street

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

North side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY & THURSDAY 6AM-8PM

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 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY & THURSDAY 6AM-8PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern Classical, and built between 1936 and 1939.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Queens Supreme Court.

  1. The Wheel of Justice Sculpture by Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin, 2002
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    690 feet
  2. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    710 feet
  3. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Civil Court Courthouse
    690 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    760 feet
  3. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 145th Street or 89th Avenue.

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