91st Avenue & 138th Street

The four-way crossing of 91st Avenue and 138th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Al-Iman School is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1918 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
Jamaica Av/138 St · Q54, Q56
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
91st Avenue & 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.3 miles
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/138 St, 1,080 feet away, for the Q54 and Q56.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/138 St Q54, Q56
    1,080 feet
    Q54 Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q56 …

Live arrivals

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
    0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1918 and 1934.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of 138th Street

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

West side of 138th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 91st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 91st Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Iman School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    40 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 138th Street or 91st 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.