90th Avenue & 139th Street

The four-way crossing of 90th Avenue and 139th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Al-Iman School is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1932, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Jamaica Av/144 St · Q20, Q56, Q60
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
90th Avenue & 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/144 St, 590 feet away, for the Q20, Q56 and Q60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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
    1,240 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 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 1932.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 139th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 139th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of 90th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 90th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Iman School
    850 feet
  2. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and seven 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 139th Street or 90th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.