155th Street & 87th Road

The four-way crossing of 155th Street and 87th Road is in Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Young Women's Leadership School, Queens is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
370 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Parsons Blvd/87 Av · Q25
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons 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. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.5 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/87 Av, 380 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/87 Av Q25 · Shelter
    380 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
    0.4 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
    2 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 June 2019.

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 81 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 87th Road (south side).

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

North side of 87th Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405017, 409288 and 409289.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 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
    150 feet
  2. New York Center for Medical Assistan Trade or language school
    190 feet
  3. P.S. Q086 School
    530 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hillcrest High School
    1,130 feet
  2. P.S. 182 Samantha Smith School
    1,170 feet
  3. Happy Little Bear Day Care 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 16 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 155th 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.