89th Avenue & 96th Street

The four-way crossing of 89th Avenue and 96th Street is in Woodhaven, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. New York City Academy for Discovery is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and six places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

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89th Avenue & 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    1,210 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the Woodhaven Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodhaven Blvd/89 Av, 760 feet away, for the Q11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodhaven Blvd/89 Av Q11 · Shelter
    760 feet
    Q11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 93-02 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer 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 2021.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 1920 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 89th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 96th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 96th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 462129 and 462450.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 college
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New York City Academy for Discovery School
    140 feet
  2. Catholic Med Ctr Brook/Queens Sch NR College
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Clocktower Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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.