86th Street & 103rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and 103rd Avenue is in Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ruoff Triangle is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 88 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
88 St
710 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,250 feet
101 Av/84 St · Q8
Within a walk
7 places
6 religious buildings and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & 103rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 88 St, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 88 St A
    710 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 80 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. Rockaway Blvd A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MORPHING88” (2015) by Haresh Lalvani at the 88 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/84 St, 1,250 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/84 St Q8
    1,250 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11417
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

South side of 103rd Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruoff Triangle
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 103rd Avenue or 86th Street.

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