116th Street & 84th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 116th Street and 84th Avenue is in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jacob Riis Triangle is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them listed historic places. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Park LN South/115 St · Q37
Within a walk
7 places
2 listed historic places, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
116th Street & 84th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park LN South/115 St, 640 feet away, for the Q37.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park LN South/115 St Q37
    640 feet
    Q37

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q37 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 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 1931 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 116th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM

West side of 116th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM

North side of 84th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 84th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shaar Hatorah High School
    360 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    650 feet
  2. Forest Park
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Ralph Bunche House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 116th Street or 84th Avenue.

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.