87th Avenue & 139th Street

The four-way crossing of 87th Avenue and 139th Street is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Lady of Cenacle Church is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 12 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Queens Blvd/87 Av · Q20, Q60
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
87th Avenue & 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/87 Av, 230 feet away, for the Q20 and Q60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 139th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 139th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 87th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 87th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403463 and 426084.

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
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and five 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 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.