Jamaica Avenue & 138th Place

Jamaica Avenue and 138th Place meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Howard Von Dohlen Playground is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Jamaica Av/Queens Blvd · Q54, Q56, T300
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 138th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    1,020 feet
    E

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Queens Blvd, 50 feet away, for the Q54, Q56 and T300.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Queens Blvd Q54, Q56, T300
    50 feet
    Q54 Q56 T300

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. T300 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 1,310 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    560 feet
  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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of 138th Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 138th Place

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

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Iman School
    900 feet
  2. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and eight 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 138th Place or Jamaica 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.