88th Street & 81st Avenue
The four-way crossing of 88th Street and 81st Avenue is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Park is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/88 St, is 510 feet away for the Q55, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/88 St, 510 feet away, for the Q55.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/88 St Q55510 feetQ55
Next buses at this stop
- Q55 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 790 feet by car along the streets.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11385
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 32
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glendale
- Elevation
- 107 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 88th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo School950 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- The Bandshell in Forest Park Park feature600 feet
- Forest Park610 feet
Houses of worship
- St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship740 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 88th Street & 81st Road 250 feet
- Union Turnpike & 88th Street 290 feet
- 88th Street & Myrtle Avenue 470 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 81st Road 520 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 82nd Avenue 530 feet
- 88th Street & 79th Avenue 570 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 81st Avenue 580 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 88th Place 690 feet
See every intersection along 81st Avenue or 88th Street.