Jamaica Avenue & 144th Place

Jamaica Avenue and 144th Place meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forgiveness Assembly Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jamaica Av/144 Pl · Q20, Q54, Q56, Q60
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 144th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five 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
    1,180 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
    1,190 feet
    F
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/144 Pl, 30 feet away, for the Q20, Q54, Q56 and Q60.

  • 26 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/144 Pl Q20, Q54, Q56, Q60
    30 feet
    Q20 Q54 Q56 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q54 …
  3. Q56 …
  4. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 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
    0.3 miles
  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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Kwanzan' flowering cherry and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and November 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 144th Place

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

West side of 144th Place

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

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 420124 and 421619.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Moderne, and built in 1939.

  1. Jamaica Savings Bank Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    860 feet
  2. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 144th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.