Sutphin Boulevard & Archer Avenue

Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 58 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Civil Court is 1,080 feet away. 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 nine public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
58 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport
100 feet · 1 min on foot · E, J, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd · Q30, Q31, Q75, T300
Within a walk
9 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutphin Boulevard & Archer Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, 100 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
    100 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. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.3 miles
    E J Z
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd, 40 feet away, for the Q30, Q31, Q75 and T300.

  • 32 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Archer Av/Sutphin Blvd Q30, Q31, Q75, T300
    40 feet
    Q30 Q31 Q75 T300

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …
  2. Q31 …
  3. Q75 …
  4. T300 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 58 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2017
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 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 2017 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 1,457 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Archer Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Archer Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sutphin Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-9AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Sutphin Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    510 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. American Medical & Career Training Trade or language school
    110 feet
  2. Sunshine School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Queens Jamaica Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunshine Developmental School Preschool
    530 feet
  2. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    760 feet
  2. Civil Court Courthouse
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    400 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    880 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Archer Avenue or Sutphin Boulevard.

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.