88th Street & St James Avenue

The four-way crossing of 88th Street and St James Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Veterans Grove is 740 feet away, and Elmhurst Hospital Center is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
90 St/48 Av · Q29
Within a walk
27 places
16 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Street & St James Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 90 St/48 Av, 810 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 90 St/48 Av Q29
    810 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Whitney Ave & Ketcham Pl 25 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1937 and 1968.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 88th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 88th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of St James Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of St James Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Flemish Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1931.

  1. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. International High School for Health Sciences School
    1,130 feet
Show all 7
  1. Newtown High School Landmark
    1,130 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  3. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    1,230 feet
  4. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middleburgh Triangle
    730 feet
  2. Veterans Grove Playground
    740 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Landmark · listed historic place
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    750 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 88th Street or St James Avenue.

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