164th Street & 87th Road

The three-way junction of 164th Street and 87th Road is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. M.S. 358 is 600 feet away, and Jamaica Post Office is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
164 St/Hillside Av · Q65
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
164th Street & 87th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/Hillside Av, 250 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 29 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/Hillside Av Q65 · Shelter
    250 feet
    Q65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    900 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
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1962.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

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 April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 164th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

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
    490 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
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    580 feet
  2. M.S. 358 School
    600 feet
  3. The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence School
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Elhaam Academy School
    910 feet
  3. Hillcrest High School
    1,180 feet
  4. Early Bird III Ec Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    640 feet
  2. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jamaica Post Office Listed historic place
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and ten 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 164th 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.