Jamaica Avenue & 144th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 144th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 082 Hammond is 660 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 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
990 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Jamaica Av/144 St · Q20, 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 Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    990 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, 50 feet away, for the Q20, Q56 and Q60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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
    1,250 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2019

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1934.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Kwanzan' flowering cherry.

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 June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 144th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 144th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 420124.

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 courthouse
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    660 feet
  2. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,300 feet
  2. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Civil Court Courthouse
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    810 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 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 31 places to eat and 20 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 144th 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.