Jamaica Avenue & 149th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 149th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 91,989 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. King Manor Museum is 700 feet away, and Jamaica Performing Arts Center is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about four minutes on foot, for the E, J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
930 feet · 4 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Jamaica Av/150 St · Q41, Q56
Within a walk
14 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 courthouses and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 149th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 930 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
    930 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
    1,060 feet
    E J Z
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/150 St, 300 feet away, for the Q41 and Q56.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/150 St Q41, Q56
    300 feet
    Q41 Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q41 …
  2. Q56 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 35 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, 0.7 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
    720 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 91,989 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 27,152 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 678 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 1 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 2pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 2pm to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (both sides), and as 1 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (north side).

East side of 149th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of 149th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 3PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 407131, 407132, 415685, 420415, 420416, 420899 and 425934.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1733 and 1939.

  1. Jamaica Savings Bank Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  2. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rufus King Park
    360 feet
  2. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. King Manor Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    700 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Jamaica Performing Arts Center Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens County Family Court Courthouse
    810 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    820 feet
  3. Civil Court Courthouse
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    160 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 149th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.