90th Avenue & 149th Street

The three-way junction of 90th Avenue and 149th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Civil Court is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them courthouses, and 22 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Jamaica Av/150 St · Q41, Q56
Within a walk
12 places
3 courthouses, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
90th Avenue & 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. J …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. J …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/150 St, 920 feet away, for the Q41 and Q56.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/150 St Q41, Q56
    920 feet
    Q41 Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q41 …
  2. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 151 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 149th Street

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

West side of 149th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

South side of 90th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1733 and 1939.

  1. Jamaica Savings Bank Designated landmark
    770 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
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    180 feet
  2. Rufus King Park
    340 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. King Manor Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    780 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 149th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.