Jamaica Avenue & 150th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 150th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rufus King Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Jamaica Avenue, all day.

Safety record
11 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
750 feet · 3 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jamaica Av/150 St · Q41, Q56
Within a walk
16 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 150th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    750 feet
    E J Z

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. J …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    1,240 feet
    E J Z
  2. Parsons Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jamaica Center Station Riders, Blue” (1991) by Sam Gilliam at the Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/150 St, 30 feet away, for the Q41 and Q56.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/150 St Q41, Q56
    30 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

  • 43 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, 0.8 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
    400 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2014

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 669 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and June 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Jamaica Avenue (south side).

East side of 150th Street

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

West side of 150th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 2PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 407132, 413556, 413557, 419215, 423826 and 425153.

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 1859.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hearts and Minds Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet
  2. New York School of Career Education Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rufus King Park
    50 feet
  2. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Rufus King Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Jamaica Performing Arts Center Theater or concert hall · landmark · listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens County Family Court Courthouse
    500 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket 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 28 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 150th 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.