120th Street & 85th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 120th Street and 85th Avenue is in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Richmond Hill Republican Club stands 760 feet away, built in 1908. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Lefferts Blvd/85 Av · Q80
Within a walk
3 places
1 library, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
120th Street & 85th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    1,310 feet
    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 Lefferts Blvd/85 Av, 300 feet away, for the Q80.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lefferts Blvd/85 Av Q80
    300 feet
    Q80

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q80 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11415
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 120th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 120th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial Revival, and built in 1908.

  1. Richmond Hill Republican Club Designated landmark
    760 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Library
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 120th Street or 85th Avenue.

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.