83rd Avenue & Homelawn Street

The three-way junction of 83rd Avenue and Homelawn Street is in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Tepper Triangle is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Homelawn St/173 St, is 140 feet away for the Q31, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

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83rd Avenue & Homelawn Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Homelawn St/173 St, 140 feet away, for the Q31.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Homelawn St/173 St Q31
    140 feet
    Q31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 800 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Estates-Holliswood
Elevation
117 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 83rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 83rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Homelawn Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 131 Abigail Adams School
    940 feet
  2. Queens Cheder MRM School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tepper Triangle
    130 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.