86th Street & 158th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and 158th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 734 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Helens Church is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 157 Av/84 St, is 1,120 feet away for the Q11, Q41 and QM15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places.

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86th Street & 158th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 157 Av/84 St, 1,120 feet away, for the Q11, Q41 and QM15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 Av/84 St Q11, Q41, QM15 · Shelter
    1,120 feet
    Q11 Q41 QM15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q41 …
  3. QM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 159-04 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

In 2025, 734 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 953rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 422 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11414
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
32
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Howard Beach-Lindenwood
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Psychotherapeutic Eval - Howard School
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Helens Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.