84th Avenue & Bessemer Street

The three-way junction of 84th Avenue and Bessemer Street is in Richmond Hill, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Forest Park is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

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84th Avenue & Bessemer Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 111 St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 111 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park LN South/115 St, 690 feet away, for the Q37.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park LN South/115 St Q37
    690 feet
    Q37

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q37 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shaar Hatorah High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    710 feet
  2. Jacob Riis Triangle
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.