88th Avenue & Sutphin Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 88th Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “The Wheel of Justice” is 210 feet away, and NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center is 1,050 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 20 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
310 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Sutphin Blvd/88 Av · Q40
Within a walk
20 places
12 religious buildings, 3 courthouses and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Avenue & Sutphin Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    310 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, 50 feet away, for the Q40.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q40 …

Live arrivals

Sutphin Boulevard carries a bus lane, 6am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on Monday to Saturday.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 88th Avenue.

  • 45 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • Turn calming, April 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1930 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 142 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 88th Avenue

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

South side of 88th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sutphin Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 6AM-9AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Sutphin Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 409303, 419790, 419807, 423550 and 424246.

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
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 courthouses
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    160 feet
  2. Sandra's Sunflower Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Eagle Carr Community Garden
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse · landmark
    270 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark
    270 feet
  3. Civil Court Courthouse
    640 feet
Show all 4
  1. NYC Business Solutions Queens Center at the NYC Small Business Support Center Career or business center
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 88th Avenue or Sutphin Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.