85th Street & 101st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 85th Street and 101st Avenue is in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ruoff Triangle is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 80 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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85th Street & 101st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 80 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 80 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 88 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOAR” (2016) by Mia Pearlman at the 80 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/84 St, 220 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/84 St Q8
    220 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 87-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    930 feet
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11416
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1960.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 101st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of 85th Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 85th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo School
    920 feet
  2. Claire Heureuse Community Center Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruoff Triangle
    540 feet
  2. Ampere Playground
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four food stores.

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 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.