88th Avenue & 146th Street

The four-way crossing of 88th Avenue and 146th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Supreme Court Civil Term is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
480 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Sutphin Blvd/88 Av · Q40
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 3 courthouses and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Avenue & 146th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    480 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
    0.3 miles
    E J Z
  2. Parsons Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/88 Av, 280 feet away, for the Q40.

  • 28 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd/88 Av Q40
    280 feet
    Q40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1957.

Since 2014 at least 109 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 146th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 146th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 88th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY & THURSDAY 6AM-8PM

South side of 88th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 409303, 412491, 419790 and 425776.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern Classical, and built between 1936 and 1939.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Queens Supreme Court.

  1. The Wheel of Justice Sculpture by Claudia DeMonte and Ed McGowin, 2002
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 courthouses
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    740 feet
  3. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark
    500 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    500 feet
  3. Civil Court Courthouse
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 18 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 146th Street or 88th Avenue.

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