88th Street & 37th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 88th Street and 37th Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Young Israel of Jackson Heights stands 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 70 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
89 St/35 Av · Q49
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Street & 37th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    1,240 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 89 St/35 Av, 1,170 feet away, for the Q49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 89 St/35 Av Q49
    1,170 feet
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 88th Street.

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 86 St & 37 Ave 22 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-21 Junction Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 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 1926 and 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 37th Avenue

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

South side of 37th Avenue

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

East side of 88th Street

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

West side of 88th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404604, 405540 and 467011.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 171 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1925 and 1926.

  1. Young Israel of Jackson Heights Designated landmark
    340 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. Q222 - Fire Fighter Christopher A. Santora School Pre-K
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    710 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 70 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 88th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.