87th Avenue & 144th Street

The three-way junction of 87th Avenue and 144th 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. P.S. 082 Hammond is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
520 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,270 feet
Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
87th Avenue & 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    520 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av, 1,270 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av Q1, Q43
    1,270 feet
    Q1 Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 0.4 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
    0.6 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 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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 144th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 144th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services/T Paplin Sch School
    1,040 feet
  2. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Silvercrest Nursing home or hospice
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 144th 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.