162nd Street & 87th Road

The three-way junction of 162nd Street and 87th Road is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Adventist Jamaica Church is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Hillside Av/163 St · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
162nd Street & 87th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    1,080 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/163 St, 550 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/163 St Q1, Q43
    550 feet
    Q1 Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    1,240 feet
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and July 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 162nd Street

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

North side of 87th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 87th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1895 and 1896.

  1. Jamaica High School Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  2. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    550 feet
  3. Hillcrest High School
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. M.S. 358 School
    940 feet
  2. The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence School
    940 feet
  3. Elhaam Academy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    1,010 feet
  2. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jamaica Post Office Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at Shelton House Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 162nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.