88th Avenue & 144th Street

The three-way junction of 88th 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. Supreme Court Civil Term is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
300 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Jamaica Av/144 St · Q20, Q56, Q60
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 3 courthouses and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Avenue & 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    300 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/144 St, 730 feet away, for the Q20, Q56 and Q60.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/144 St Q20, Q56, Q60
    730 feet
    Q20 Q56 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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 January 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 144th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 144th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 88th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY & THURSDAY 6AM-8PM

South side of 88th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 courthouses
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    270 feet
  2. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    960 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    960 feet
  3. Civil Court Courthouse
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 16 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 144th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.