89th Avenue & 135th Street

The three-way junction of 89th Avenue and 135th Street is in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home Co is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about a minute on foot, for the E. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
180 feet · 1 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Jamaica Av/Van WYCK Expwy · Q54, Q56
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    180 feet
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Van WYCK Expwy, 680 feet away, for the Q54 and Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Van WYCK Expwy Q54, Q56
    680 feet
    Q54 Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 7pm on 89th Avenue (north side).

East side of 135th Street

  • Doctor plates only 4 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 135th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 89th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 421113 and 423543.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Nurse Care Institute Trade or language school
    920 feet
  2. Ezra Jack Keats Pre-K Center at 132-10 Jamaica Avenue Pre-K center
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    260 feet
  2. Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home Co Nursing home or hospice
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 135th Street or 89th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.