86th Avenue & 139th Street

The four-way crossing of 86th Avenue and 139th Street is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about four minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 13 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1951 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Briarwood
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Queens Blvd/87 Av · Q20, Q60
Within a walk
2 places
1 day care or pre-K site and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Avenue & 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Briarwood, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    1,170 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/87 Av, 760 feet away, for the Q20 and Q60.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/87 Av Q20, Q60
    760 feet
    Q20 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Main Street & Queens Boulevard, 1,100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 138-98 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and October 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 139th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 139th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 86th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 86th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406168, 406169 and 421360.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ira's Briarwood Day Care & Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    410 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and nine 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 139th 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.