121st Street & 85th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 121st Street and 85th Avenue is in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Lefferts Blvd/85 Av · Q80
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
121st Street & 85th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    1,130 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, 640 feet away, for the Q80.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lefferts Blvd/85 Av Q80
    640 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
65 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 1928 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 121st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 121st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Tiferes Torah Institute School
    1,300 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metro Triangle
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 121st Street or 85th Avenue.

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