Archer Avenue & 144th Place

Archer Avenue and 144th Place meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Howard Von Dohlen Playground is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
560 feet · 2 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd · Q30, Q31, Q43, Q75
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Archer Avenue & 144th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 560 feet from this corner, about two 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
    560 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd, 570 feet away, for the Q30, Q31, Q43 and Q75.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd Q30, Q31, Q43, Q75
    570 feet
    Q30 Q31 Q43 Q75

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …
  2. Q31 …
  3. Q43 …
  4. Q75 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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
    0.5 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
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

Three trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 144th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 144th Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Archer Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    580 feet
  3. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 19 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 144th Place or Archer Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.