35th Avenue & 86th Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and 86th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. First Church of Christ, Scientist stands 120 feet away, and Jackson Developmental Center Jackson is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
35 Av/86 St · Q49
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 35 Av/86 St, 50 feet away, for the Q49.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.9 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
    0.8 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

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
63 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 2,900 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 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 86th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 402883.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 358 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1925 and 1927.

  1. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Young Israel of Jackson Heights Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. Q222 - Fire Fighter Christopher A. Santora School Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    1,280 feet
  3. St Joan of Arc School
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Community United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 35th Avenue or 86th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.