32nd Avenue & 86th Street

The four-way crossing of 32nd Avenue and 86th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/86 St, is 790 feet away for the Q63 and Q66, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat.

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32nd Avenue & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/86 St, 790 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/86 St Q63, Q66
    790 feet
    Q63 Q66

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 32nd Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 32 Ave & 84 St 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 86th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 86th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Center E. Elmh Preschool
    560 feet
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 148 Queens School
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights House of worship
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    900 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.