150th Street & 88th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 150th Street and 88th Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rufus King Park is 440 feet away, and P.S. 182 Samantha Smith is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
950 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
153 St/88 Av · Q83
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 3 courthouses and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
150th Street & 88th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd F
    950 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    1,230 feet
    F
  2. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 153 St/88 Av, 690 feet away, for the Q83.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 153 St/88 Av Q83
    690 feet
    Q83

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 88th Avenue.

  • 19 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    820 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 209 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 150th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 150th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 88th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 88th Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 421923 and 425893.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1936 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 courthouses
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Medical Career TRN Ctr Trade or language school
    570 feet
  2. Happy Little Bear Day Care 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  3. P.S. 182 Samantha Smith School
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rufus King Park
    440 feet
  2. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. King Manor Museum Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark
    810 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    820 feet
  3. Civil Court Courthouse
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 50/Engine 298/Ladder 127 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 150th Street or 88th Avenue.

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