37th Avenue & 87th Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 87th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Young Israel of Jackson Heights stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and 71 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
35 Av/86 St · Q49
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.3 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
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 35 Av/86 St, 980 feet away, for the Q49.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 86 St & 37 Ave 22 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 43-21 Junction Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 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
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
61 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 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 1927 and 1954.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of 87th Street

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

West side of 87th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 465207 and 465208.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 195 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1925 and 1926.

  1. Young Israel of Jackson Heights Designated landmark
    110 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.