87th Street & 30th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 87th Street and 30th Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Gorman Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 89 St/30 Av, is 590 feet away for the Q49, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
89 St/30 Av · Q49
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
87th Street & 30th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 89 St/30 Av, 590 feet away, for the Q49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 89 St/30 Av Q49
    590 feet
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 87 St & 30 Ave 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
22 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 87th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 87th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Cntr Annex School
    1,100 feet
  3. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jackson Developmental Center E. Elmh Preschool
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gorman Playground
    570 feet
  2. O'Sullivan Plaza
    970 feet
  3. One Room Schoolhouse Park
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 30th Avenue or 87th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.