97th Avenue & 147th Place

The four-way crossing of 97th Avenue and 147th Place is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Archer Ave New Post Office is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about five minutes on foot, for the E, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2017 and 2023, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Sutphin Blvd/97 Av · Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 +1
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
97th Avenue & 147th Place 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 five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  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. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/97 Av, 290 feet away, for the Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 and Q60.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd/97 Av Q6, Q8, Q9, Q41 +1
    290 feet
    Q6 Q8 Q9 Q41 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q6 …
  2. Q8 …
  3. Q9 …
  4. Q41 …
  5. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,500 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 2017 and 2023.

Since 2014 at least 1,078 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 147th Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 147th Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 97th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 97th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Norelli-Hargreaves Memorial Triangle
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Archer Ave New Post Office
    140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and ten 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 147th Place or 97th 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.