35th Avenue & 85th Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and 85th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church Rectory stands 730 feet away, and Community United Methodist Church is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
35 Av/86 St · Q49
Within a walk
14 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 35 Av/86 St, 230 feet away, for the Q49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 35 Av/86 St Q49
    230 feet
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 86 St & 35 Ave 21 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1931 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 35th Avenue

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

East side of 85th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 85th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 372 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1925 and 1929.

  1. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    360 feet
  2. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Convent Designated landmark
    650 feet
  3. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc School Landmark
    1,040 feet
  3. P.S. 212 School
    1,130 feet
  4. P.S. Q222 - Fire Fighter Christopher A. Santora School Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joan of Arc Landmark
    630 feet
  2. Community United Methodist Church House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 35th Avenue or 85th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, 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.