89th Avenue & 146th Street

The four-way crossing of 89th Avenue and 146th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “The Wheel of Justice” is 390 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 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
870 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Sutphin Blvd/88 Av · Q40
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 3 courthouses and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 146th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    870 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
    1,310 feet
    E J Z
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/88 Av, 670 feet away, for the Q40.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd/88 Av Q40
    670 feet
    Q40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 55 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 118 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 146th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 146th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 89th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY & THURSDAY 6AM-8PM

South side of 89th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 409305, 409515, 424254 and 425001.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern Classical and Moderne, one each, and built between 1936 and 1939.

  1. Jamaica Savings Bank Designated landmark
    730 feet

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
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    830 feet
  2. Rufus King Park
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Civil Court Courthouse
    440 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    500 feet
  3. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark
    510 feet
Show all 4
  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 29 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 146th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.