Guy R Brewer Boulevard & Archer Avenue

Guy R Brewer Boulevard and Archer Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 123 bus-lane and 49 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. The Register, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 580 feet away, and CUNY York College is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, is about four minutes on foot, for the E, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
36 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Guy R Brewer Blvd/Archer Av · Q112, Q115
Within a walk
21 places
7 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Guy R Brewer Boulevard & Archer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    1,060 feet
    E J Z

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jamaica Center Station Riders, Blue” (1991) by Sam Gilliam at the Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Guy R Brewer Blvd/Archer Av, 70 feet away, for the Q112 and Q115.

  • 40 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Guy R Brewer Blvd/Archer Av Q112, Q115 · Countdown sign
    70 feet
    Q112 Q115
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …
  2. Q115 …

Live arrivals

Archer Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    400 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 36 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, March 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 49 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 185th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 605 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Archer Avenue49601
Eastbound on Archer Avenue–4
Total49605

In 2025, 123 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 166th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 2 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 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 2020 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 184 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Archer Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Archer Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Guy R Brewer Boulevard

  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Guy R Brewer Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-6PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 422943.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1856 and 1931.

  1. J. Kurtz & Sons Store Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. The Register Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. Jamaica Savings Bank Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 cemetery
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Mineola Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. York College Child& Family Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 10
  1. Crown Business Inst-Nyc Trade or language school
    650 feet
  2. New Allen School Trade or language school
    650 feet
  3. Nail Academy (The) Trade or language school
    780 feet
  4. CUNY York College
    890 feet
  5. Zeta Charter School – Queens Jamaica School
    1,070 feet
  6. Queens Computer Ctr Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  7. New York Institute of Health Careers Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sidewalk Clock at 161-11 Jamaica Avenue, New York Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. St. Monica's Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 92-47 165th Street Older adult center
    880 feet
  2. Older adult center at 89-60 164th Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Archer Avenue or Guy R Brewer Boulevard.

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