89th Avenue & 139th Street

The four-way crossing of 89th Avenue and 139th Street is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forgiveness Assembly Church is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Jamaica Av/Queens Blvd · Q54, Q56, T300
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    1,180 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    1,230 feet
    E
  2. Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Queens Blvd, 260 feet away, for the Q54, Q56 and T300.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Queens Blvd Q54, Q56, T300
    260 feet
    Q54 Q56 T300

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. Q56 …
  3. T300 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 1937.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 139th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    710 feet
  2. Al-Iman School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Von Dohlen Playground
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 11 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 of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 139th 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.