88th Avenue & 171st Street

The three-way junction of 88th Avenue and 171st Street is in Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The statue “Soldiers and Sailors Monument” is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 24 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1942 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Hillside Av/171 St · Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76
Within a walk
5 places
1 garden, 1 older adult center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Avenue & 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    850 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/171 St, 320 feet away, for the Q1, Q3, Q17 and Q76.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/171 St Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76
    320 feet
    Q1 Q3 Q17 Q76

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q3 …
  3. Q17 …
  4. Q76 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1942 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 171st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 88th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 88th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 435418.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Major John W. Mark Park.

  1. Wingdale Sculpture by Roger Bolomey, 1973
    620 feet
  2. Soldiers and Sailors Monument Statue by Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, 1896
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Career Development Center of Queens, Trade or language school
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Major Mark Park
    850 feet
  2. Serinor Community Garden - International Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 90-20 170th Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and nine 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 171st 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.