87th Street & 88th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 87th Street and 88th Avenue is in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Tabernacle of Emmanuel Full Gospel Assemblies is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, 85 St-Forest Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
85 St-Forest Pkwy
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Jamaica Av/87 St · Q56
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
87th Street & 88th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 85 St-Forest Pkwy, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    1,150 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/87 St, 680 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/87 St Q56
    680 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 93-02 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11421
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 87th Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 87th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 88th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Acade School
    110 feet
  2. Saint Thomas Apostle Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    310 feet
  3. District 27 Pre-K Center at 87-40 88th Street Pre-K center
    320 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 060 Woodhaven School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Equity Playground
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernacle of Emmanuel Full Gospel Assemblies House of worship
    600 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 89-02 91st Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 293 Fire station
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 12 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 87th Street or 88th 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.