Jamaica Avenue & 153rd Street

Jamaica Avenue and 153rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 433 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. King Manor Museum is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Jamaica Avenue, all day.

Safety record
16 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
260 feet · 1 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Jamaica Av/153 St · Q6, Q8, Q9
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 153rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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/153 St, 60 feet away, for the Q6, Q8 and Q9.

  • 35 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/153 St Q6, Q8, Q9
    60 feet
    Q6 Q8 Q9

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q6 …
  2. Q8 …
  3. Q9 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 37 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,040 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015
  • Turn calming, August 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 433 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,273rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 140 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
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 three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 138 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 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.

West side of 153rd Street

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

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 2PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US GOVERMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 413557, 413558, 419215 and 422334.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1733 and 1862.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Hearts and Minds Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  3. New York School of Career Education Trade or language school
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens Jamaica School
    980 feet
  2. Queens Computer Ctr Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rufus King Park
    60 feet
  2. Rufus King Park Playground
    630 feet
  3. Prospect Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. King Manor Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. La Casina Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Office of the Register Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jamaica Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens County Family Court Courthouse
    190 feet
  2. Jamaica YMCA Recreation center
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 153rd 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.