148th Street & 87th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 148th Street and 87th Avenue is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Briarwood Playground is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
640 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 2 courthouses and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
148th Street & 87th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    640 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, 780 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes 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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 148th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 148th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 87th Avenue

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

South side of 87th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 courthouses
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services/T Paplin Sch School
    920 feet
  2. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Briarwood Playground
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Silvercrest Nursing home or hospice
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,090 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine 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 87th Avenue.

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.