Sutphin Boulevard & Shore Avenue
Sutphin Boulevard and Shore Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Jamaica, Queens. The corner is also named S.W.A.M. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Christ Apostolic Church Wosem is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sutphin Blvd/Yates Rd, is 310 feet away for the Q60, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/Yates Rd, 310 feet away, for the Q60.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Sutphin Blvd/Yates Rd Q60310 feetQ60
Next buses at this stop
- Q60 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11435
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 28
- Police precinct
- 103
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- South Jamaica
- Elevation
- 31 feet above sea level
This corner is also named S.W.A.M. Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on S.W.A.M. Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Sutphin Boulevard
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
West side of Sutphin Boulevard
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 13 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- Bright Start Early Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K520 feet
- Bright Kids Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K740 feet
Houses of worship
- Christ Apostolic Church Wosem House of worship430 feet
- St Joseph Church South Jamaica House of worship780 feet
- Emmanu-El in Zion Temple Grace House of worship980 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 150th Street & Sutphin Boulevard 60 feet
- Sutphin Boulevard & Lakewood Avenue 110 feet
- Sutphin Boulevard & Yates Road 260 feet
- 150th Street & 107th Avenue 280 feet
- 107th Avenue & Sutphin Boulevard 280 feet
- Sutphin Boulevard & 108th Avenue 400 feet
- Waltham Street & Shore Avenue 440 feet
- Sutphin Boulevard & Tuskegee Airmen Way 530 feet
See every intersection along Shore Avenue or Sutphin Boulevard.