Parsons Boulevard & Archer Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 6,767 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Grace Episcopal Church is 470 feet away, and CUNY York College is 1,220 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 27 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer
60 feet · 1 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Jamaica Center/Bay A · Q5
Within a walk
27 places
8 religious buildings, 4 trade or language schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & Archer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer, 60 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
    60 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
    0.4 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 Center/Bay A, 60 feet away, for the Q5.

  • 35 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Center/Bay A Q5
    60 feet
    Q5

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

By car

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

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2008
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 6,767 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 27th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 1,419 more were issued.

Bus-lane camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Archer Avenue5,000927
Eastbound on Archer Avenue1,767492
Total6,7671,419

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 in 2020.

Since 2014 at least 233 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Archer Avenue

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival (early). They were mostly built between 1857 and 1898.

  1. Chapel of the Sisters Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. Saint Monica's Church Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. Jamaica Savings Bank Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School – Queens Jamaica School
    390 feet
  3. New York School of Career Education Trade or language school
    430 feet
Show all 10
  1. York College Child& Family Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. South Jamaica Center for Children & Parents Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College School
    940 feet
  4. Queens Computer Ctr Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  5. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  6. Nail Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  7. CUNY York College
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Cemetery Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. Rufus King Park
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. La Casina Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Office of the Register Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Sidewalk Clock at 161-11 Jamaica Avenue, New York Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. King Manor Museum Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens County Family Court Courthouse
    820 feet
  2. Jamaica YMCA Recreation center
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Archer Avenue or Parsons 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.