87th Street & 95th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 87th Street and 95th Avenue is in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Elizabeth Catholic Academy is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 88 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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87th Street & 95th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 88 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 88 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MORPHING88” (2015) by Haresh Lalvani at the 88 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/87 St, 890 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/87 St Q7
    890 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 87-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11416
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Ivory Silk' Japanese tree lilac and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2025 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 87th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 87th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Elizabeth Catholic Academy School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. London Planetree Playground
    290 feet
  2. Ruoff Triangle
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Church House of worship
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Clocktower Plaza Shopping center
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.