148th Street & 86th Avenue

The three-way junction of 148th Street and 86th Avenue is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Briarwood Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
900 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
148th Street & 86th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    900 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av, 1,040 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av Q1, Q43
    1,040 feet
    Q1 Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
96 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 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 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 148th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 86th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 86th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services/T Paplin Sch School
    650 feet
  2. The Pickwick School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Briarwood Playground
    830 feet

Health care

  1. Silvercrest Nursing home or hospice
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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 148th Street or 86th Avenue.

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