Tuskegee Airmen Way & Waltham Street

Tuskegee Airmen Way and Waltham Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Pius V Church is 480 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tuskegee Airmen Way/Sutphin Blvd, is 320 feet away for the Q112, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, nine of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

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Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tuskegee Airmen Way/Sutphin Blvd, 320 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tuskegee Airmen Way/Sutphin Blvd Q112
    320 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.5 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Tuskegee Airmen Way

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Tuskegee Airmen Way

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Norelli-Hargreaves Memorial Triangle
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pius V Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Christ Apostolic Church Wosem House of worship
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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