87th Avenue & 143rd Street

The four-way crossing of 87th Avenue and 143rd Street is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forgiveness Assembly Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1951, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
890 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Queens Blvd/87 Av · Q20, Q60
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
87th Avenue & 143rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    890 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/87 Av, 1,040 feet away, for the Q20 and Q60.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/87 Av Q20, Q60
    1,040 feet
    Q20 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 1951.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of 143rd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 143rd Street

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

North side of 87th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 87th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Ira's Briarwood Day Care & Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  2. Sco Family of Services/T Paplin Sch School
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Silvercrest Nursing home or hospice
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 143rd 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.