86th Avenue & 115th Street

The three-way junction of 86th Avenue and 115th Street is in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Johns Lutheran Church is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
111 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Jamaica Av/115 St · Q56
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Avenue & 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 111 St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

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 Jamaica Av/115 St, 480 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/115 St Q56
    480 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-18 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    1.4 miles

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 November 2025.

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the shingle oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 115th Street (east side).

West side of 115th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412478 and 415935.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    400 feet
  2. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  3. Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Holy Child Jesus Church House of worship
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    440 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 13 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 115th 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.