35th Avenue & 87th Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and 87th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Young Israel of Jackson Heights stands 680 feet away, and St Joan of Arc is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
35 Av/86 St · Q49
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 86 St & 35 Ave 21 docks in all
    290 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
    0.8 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 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 May 2025.

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 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 1930 and 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 July 2015 and September 2025, 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 87th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 87th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 308 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
    680 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. Q222 - Fire Fighter Christopher A. Santora School Pre-K
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 35th Avenue or 87th 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.