Liberty Avenue & Princeton Street

Liberty Avenue and Princeton Street 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. In 2025, 766 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Pius V Church is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Liberty Av/Liverpool St, is 450 feet away for the Q112, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1,240 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Liberty Av/Liverpool St · Q112
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Princeton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/Liverpool St, 450 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/Liverpool St Q112
    450 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1,240 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Liberty Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 766 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 929th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 290 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Princeton Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Princeton Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 050 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School
    380 feet
  2. Concerned Parents of Jamaica Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Norelli-Hargreaves Memorial Triangle
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pius V Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Salvation Tabernacle Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 303/Ladder 126 Fire station
    240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Apna Bazar Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Liberty Avenue or Princeton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.