139th Street & 87th Drive

The three-way junction of 139th Street and 87th Drive is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Forgiveness Assembly Church is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Queens Blvd/87 Av · Q20, Q60
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
139th Street & 87th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    1,120 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.3 miles
    E
  2. Briarwood E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/87 Av, 800 feet away, for the Q20 and Q60.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/87 Av Q20, Q60
    800 feet
    Q20 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Main Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 1931.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 139th Street (west side).

East side of 139th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 87th Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 87th Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414122 and 422646.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    820 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and eight 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 139th Street or 87th Drive.

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.