85th Street & 86th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 85th Street and 86th Avenue is in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Woodhaven Post Office is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 85 St-Forest Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
85 St-Forest Pkwy
380 feet · 1 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Jamaica Av/85 St · J90, T340
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
85th Street & 86th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 85 St-Forest Pkwy, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    380 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/85 St, 580 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/85 St J90, T340
    580 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11421
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
57 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 85th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 85th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 86th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 454614 and 457752.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 097 Forest Park School
    370 feet
  2. Saint Thomas Apostle Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodhaven Library
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernacle of Emmanuel Full Gospel Assemblies House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodhaven Post Office
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 14 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 85th Street or 86th Avenue.

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