85th Avenue & Chapin Parkway

The three-way junction of 85th Avenue and Chapin Parkway is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Captain Tilly Playground is 450 feet away, and Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
164 St/85 Av · Q65
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
85th Avenue & Chapin Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/85 Av, 740 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/85 Av Q65
    740 feet
    Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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 Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
128 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 85th Avenue

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

South side of 85th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Chapin Parkway

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Chapin Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian Revival, and built between 1925 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Community Leadership School
    510 feet
  2. Hillside Arts & Letters Academy School
    510 feet
  3. Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences School · landmark
    510 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens Collegiate: a College Board School
    510 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    40 feet
  2. Captain Tilly Playground
    450 feet
  3. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    980 feet

Health care

  1. Chapin Home for the Aging Nursing home or hospice
    940 feet
  2. Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 85th Avenue or Chapin Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.