90th Avenue & 143rd Street

The three-way junction of 90th Avenue and 143rd Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Howard Von Dohlen Playground is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Jamaica Av/144 St · Q20, Q56, Q60
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
90th Avenue & 143rd 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 five 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. 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, 330 feet away, for the Q20, Q56 and Q60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 0 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 143rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 90th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 90th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    1,020 feet
  2. Al-Iman School
    1,100 feet
  3. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and nine 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 143rd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.