Jamaica Avenue & Sutphin Boulevard

Jamaica Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 6,576 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Jamaica Savings Bank stands 100 feet away, built in 1939. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
28 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
360 feet · 1 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Jamaica Av/Sutphin Blvd · Q1
Within a walk
14 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 courthouses and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & Sutphin Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute 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
    360 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
    0.3 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Sutphin Blvd, 50 feet away, for the Q1.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Sutphin Blvd Q1
    50 feet
    Q1

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 54 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
    0.4 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 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, 6,576 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 29th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 2,324 more were issued.

Bus-lane camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on Jamaica Avenue5,8952,211
Southbound on Sutphin Boulevard681113
Total6,5762,324

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 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 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the ash and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sutphin Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 6AM-9AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Sutphin Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 6AM-9AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 409516 and 410392.

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
    100 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
  • 3 courthouses
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 career or business center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    430 feet
  3. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    620 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    980 feet
  2. Rufus King Park
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    330 feet
  2. Civil Court Courthouse
    640 feet
  3. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    180 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    580 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Jamaica Avenue or Sutphin Boulevard.

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.