Queens County Clerk

The Queens County Clerk's Office sits inside the Queens County Supreme Court complex at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, a short walk from the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue transit hub in the heart of downtown Jamaica. Room 106 handles passport applications for the roughly 2.4 million residents of Queens, making it one of the busiest county-run acceptance windows in the borough.

Because it is a government office rather than a post office, the Clerk accepts first-time DS-11 applications and applications for children under 16 in person. Bring your completed but unsigned form, original proof of U.S. citizenship, and a photocopy of your ID. The clerk is a designated acceptance agent, so a staff member witnesses your signature and forwards the packet to the State Department.

The Clerk's window is one of three passport acceptance points in Jamaica, and it is a practical choice if you are already downtown for court, jury duty, or other county business. For a full picture of options across the state, see our New York passport office guide.

Passport photos are generally not taken at the Clerk's window, so bring a compliant 2x2 photo with you, or have one made nearby before you arrive. Call ahead at (718) 298-0605 to confirm the current window hours, as county office schedules can shift around court holidays. If the Clerk is busy, the nearby Jamaica post office locations offer an alternative.