Queens Boulevard & 87th Avenue

Queens Boulevard and 87th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 4,885 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Our Lady of Cenacle Church is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about six minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Briarwood
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Queens Blvd/87 Av · Q20, Q60
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 87th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Briarwood, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/87 Av, 80 feet away, for the Q20 and Q60.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/87 Av Q20, Q60
    80 feet
    Q20 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Main Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-17 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,885 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 164th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,645 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on Queens Boulevard4,1172,241
Northbound on Queens Boulevard768404
Total4,8852,645

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Queens Boulevard (west side).

North side of 87th Avenue

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

South side of 87th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-8:30AM

East side of Queens Boulevard

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

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403462, 403463, 420883 and 426084.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Cenacle Church House of worship
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and eight 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 87th Avenue or Queens Boulevard.

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