148th Street & 87th Road

The four-way crossing of 148th Street and 87th Road is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Surrogates Court is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
370 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
14 places
9 religious buildings, 2 courthouses and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    370 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
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.5 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av, 510 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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
    0.4 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 148th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 148th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 87th Road

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 87th Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 408578 and 424966.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. Sco Family of Services/T Paplin Sch School
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Silvercrest Nursing home or hospice
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    820 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    750 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 18 places to eat and 13 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 148th Street or 87th 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.