Hillside Avenue & 139th Street

Hillside Avenue and 139th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 082 Hammond is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Hillside Avenue, 6am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm.

Safety record
20 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
770 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Queens Blvd/Jamaica Av · Q20, Q60, T300
Within a walk
4 places
3 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 139th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    770 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
    0.3 miles
    E
  2. Briarwood E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Jamaica Av, 840 feet away, for the Q20, Q60 and T300.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Jamaica Av Q20, Q60, T300 · Shelter
    840 feet
    Q20 Q60 T300
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q60 …
  3. T300 …

Live arrivals

Hillside Avenue carries a bus lane, 6am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on Monday to Saturday.

Cycling

  • 11 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, 840 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
103 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 139th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 139th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414122, 421352 and 422646.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Our Lady of Cenacle Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 139th Street or Hillside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.