123rd Street & 85th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 123rd Street and 85th Avenue is in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Metro Triangle is 690 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 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1959, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Metropolitan Av/124 St · Q54
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
123rd Street & 85th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    1,110 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 Metropolitan Av/124 St, 710 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/124 St Q54
    710 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    1,050 feet
  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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 123rd Street

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

West side of 123rd Street

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

North side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM

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
    860 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metro Triangle
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.

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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 123rd 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.