150th Street & 85th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 150th Street and 85th Avenue is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Parsons Blvd/84 Rd · Q25
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
150th Street & 85th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/84 Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q25.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/84 Rd Q25 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Main Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 84-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 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
133 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 150th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 150th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of 85th Avenue

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

South side of 85th Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 217 Robert A. van WYCK School
    890 feet
  2. Psychotherapeutic Eval - Parsons Preschool
    920 feet
  3. Circle Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. Growing Up Green Charter School II School
    1,040 feet
  3. The Pickwick School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  4. P.S. 117 J. Keld / Briarwood School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Briarwood Playground
    400 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 150th Street or 85th Avenue.

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.