87th Avenue & 138th Street

The four-way crossing of 87th Avenue and 138th Street is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Lady of Cenacle Church is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about six minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 11 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Briarwood
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Queens Blvd/87 Av · Q20, Q60
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
87th Avenue & 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.3 miles
    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. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.3 miles
    E
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/87 Av, 290 feet away, for the Q20 and Q60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-17 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  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 April 2026.

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 138th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.