Liberty Avenue & 86th Street

Liberty Avenue and 86th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ruoff Triangle is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 88 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
88 St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
1,300 feet
101 Av/84 St · Q8
Within a walk
7 places
6 religious buildings and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 88 St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 88 St A
    600 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 80 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. Rockaway Blvd A
    0.4 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MORPHING88” (2015) by Haresh Lalvani at the 88 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/84 St, 1,300 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/84 St Q8
    1,300 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11417
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
32
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruoff Triangle
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or Liberty 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.