87th Street & Corona Avenue

The three-way junction of 87th Street and Corona Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall), one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Broadway/Corona Av · Q58
Within a walk
25 places
13 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
87th Street & Corona Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    1,060 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Corona Av, 340 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Corona Av Q58
    340 feet
    Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Corona Ave & 90 St 22 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 87th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 87th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Corona Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial, Georgian (late) and Greek Revival, one each. They were built between 1735 and 1860.

  1. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall) Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. International High School for Health Sciences School
    1,170 feet
Show all 7
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. Newtown High School
    1,170 feet
  3. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  4. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middleburgh Triangle
    770 feet
  2. Veterans Grove Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    670 feet
  2. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Landmark · listed historic place
    270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    420 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 87th Street or Corona Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.