89th Avenue & 87th Street

The four-way crossing of 89th Avenue and 87th Street is in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 293 firehouse is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, 85 St-Forest Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
85 St-Forest Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Jamaica Av/87 St · Q56
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 85 St-Forest Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/87 St, 1,150 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/87 St Q56
    1,150 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 87-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11421
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 87th Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 87th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Acade School
    590 feet
  2. Saint Thomas Apostle Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    780 feet
  3. District 27 Pre-K Center at 87-40 88th Street Pre-K center
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Equity Playground
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernacle of Emmanuel Full Gospel Assemblies House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 89-02 91st Street Older adult center
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 293 Fire station
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Clocktower Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 87th Street or 89th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.