101st Street & 85th Road

The four-way crossing of 101st Street and 85th Road is in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Forest Park is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 104 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and four places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
104 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
1,130 feet
Jamaica Av/98 St · Q56
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 1 fire station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
101st Street & 85th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 104 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 104 St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 104 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/98 St, 1,130 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/98 St Q56
    1,130 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 90-01 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person 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
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 101st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 101st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1898.

  1. Public School 66 Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 254 - the Rosa Parks School
    180 feet
  2. P.S. 066 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
    530 feet
  3. Fordham Institute Trade or language school
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    540 feet
  2. Giovanelli Playground
    570 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 294/Ladder 143 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 101st Street or 85th Road.

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