Jamaica Avenue & 147th Place

Jamaica Avenue and 147th Place meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rufus King Park is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about two 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 courthouses, and 40 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Jamaica Avenue, all day.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
580 feet · 2 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Jamaica Av/147 Pl · Q54, Q56
Within a walk
15 places
4 courthouses, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 147th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 580 feet from this corner, about two 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
    580 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. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/147 Pl, 20 feet away, for the Q54 and Q56.

  • 32 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/147 Pl Q54, Q56
    20 feet
    Q54 Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Jamaica Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 55 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,130 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 766 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2025 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 147th Place

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

West side of 147th Place

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

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405303 and 414731.

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
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 courthouses
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
  2. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rufus King Park
    770 feet
  2. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. King Manor Museum Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    510 feet
  2. Civil Court Courthouse
    760 feet
  3. Queens County Family Court Courthouse
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,270 feet
  2. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 147th Place 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.