85th Avenue & Babbage Street

The four-way crossing of 85th Avenue and Babbage Street is in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Jacob Riis Triangle is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Myrtle Av/114 St · Q55
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
85th Avenue & Babbage Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/114 St, 870 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/114 St Q55 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    870 feet
    Q55
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM

South side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM

North side of Babbage Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shaar Hatorah High School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    70 feet
  2. Forest Park
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Richmond Hill Library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 85th Avenue or Babbage Street.

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