155th Street & 87th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 155th Street and 87th Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Battalion 50/Engine 298/Ladder 127 firehouse is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
610 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Parsons Blvd/87 Av · Q25
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
155th Street & 87th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    610 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
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/87 Av, 100 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/87 Av Q25 · Shelter
    100 feet
    Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 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
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2016.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of 155th Street

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

West side of 155th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 409288.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Queens School
    210 feet
  2. P.S. Q086 School
    250 feet
  3. New York Center for Medical Assistan Trade or language school
    470 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Pickwick School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 155th Street or 87th 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.