Jamaica Avenue & 86th Street

Jamaica Avenue and 86th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodhaven, Queens. The corner is also named Helen Mastromauro Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Tabernacle of Emmanuel Full Gospel Assemblies is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 85 St-Forest Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
85 St-Forest Pkwy
280 feet · 1 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Jamaica Av/85 St · J90, T340
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jamaica Avenue & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 85 St-Forest Pkwy, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 85 St-Forest Pkwy J
    280 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. 75 St-Elderts Ln J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/85 St, 120 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/85 St J90, T340
    120 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-08 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    1 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

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
50 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Helen Mastromauro Corner, a co-naming enacted on October 11, 1990 (Local Law 55 of 1990).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Helen Mastromauro Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jamaica Avenue

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

South side of Jamaica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400896, 401718 and 452599.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Thomas Apostle Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    570 feet
  2. St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Acade School
    900 feet
  3. District 27 Pre-K Center at 87-40 88th Street Pre-K center
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 097 Forest Park School
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Tabernacle of Emmanuel Full Gospel Assemblies House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodhaven Post Office
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or Jamaica Avenue.

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