Jamaica Avenue & 146th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 146th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Civil Court is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Jamaica Avenue, 6am to 8pm.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
680 feet · 3 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Jamaica Av/146 St · Q54
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 146th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 680 feet from this corner, about three 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
    680 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 Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/146 St, 90 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/146 St Q54 · Shelter
    90 feet
    Q54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Jamaica Avenue carries a bus lane, 6am to 8pm, every day.

Cycling

  • 47 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 548 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 146th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 146th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414783, 424254 and 425001.

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
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    420 feet
  3. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 6
  1. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    740 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    640 feet
  2. Civil Court Courthouse
    920 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    400 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 146th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.