Jamaica Avenue & 145th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 145th Street 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. Jamaica Savings Bank stands 490 feet away, built in 1939. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
940 feet · 4 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Jamaica Av/144 Pl · Q20, Q54, Q56, Q60
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 3 courthouses and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 145th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 940 feet from this corner, about four 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
    940 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
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/144 Pl, 280 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
    280 feet
    Q20 Q54 Q56 Q60

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 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, 0.5 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

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
49 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and June 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 (south side).

East side of 145th Street

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

West side of 145th 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 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414783 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
    490 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    680 feet
  3. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    1,110 feet
  3. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    900 feet
  2. Civil Court Courthouse
    1,170 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    360 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 145th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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