144th Street & 88th Road

The three-way junction of 144th Street and 88th Road is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 082 Hammond is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
490 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Jamaica Av/144 St · Q20, Q56, Q60
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 3 courthouses and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
144th Street & 88th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    490 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/144 St, 540 feet away, for the Q20, Q56 and Q60.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/144 St Q20, Q56, Q60
    540 feet
    Q20 Q56 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1935.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'October Glory' red maple and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 144th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 88th Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 88th Road

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 courthouses
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    150 feet
  2. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,150 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,150 feet
  3. Civil Court Courthouse
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 17 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 144th Street or 88th Road.

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