138th Street & 82nd Drive

The three-way junction of 138th Street and 82nd Drive is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Maple Grove Park is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about nine minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1952 and 1958, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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138th Street & 82nd Drive Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Briarwood, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/82 Dr, 1,120 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/82 Dr Q20
    1,120 feet
    Q20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Main Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 146-15 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    0.9 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
104 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1952 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 138th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of 138th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

North side of 82nd Drive

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hoover - Manton Playgrounds Park
    730 feet
  2. Maple Grove Park
    1,200 feet

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

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