Jamaica Avenue & 143rd Street

Jamaica Avenue and 143rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 082 Hammond is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Jamaica Av/144 St · Q20, Q56, Q60
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 143rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    1,110 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.3 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/144 St, 160 feet away, for the Q20, Q56 and Q60.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/144 St Q20, Q56, Q60
    160 feet
    Q20 Q56 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015

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 1,300 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 24 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (north side).

East side of 143rd Street

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

West side of 143rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 422625.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    770 feet
  2. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 143rd Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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