87th Avenue & 136th Street

The four-way crossing of 87th Avenue and 136th Street is in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Tiegerman High School is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and five places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd · J90, T340
Within a walk
3 places
2 schools and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
87th Avenue & 136th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    1,140 feet
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Briarwood E, F
    1,270 feet
    E F
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd, 1,100 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd J90, T340
    1,100 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-17 Hillside Avenue 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
    1.2 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 August 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)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 136th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 136th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of 87th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of 87th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Tiegerman High School
    350 feet
  2. Zucker Jewish Academy of Queens School
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Cenacle Church House of worship
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 136th Street or 87th Avenue.

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.