Rockaway Boulevard & 86th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 86th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ruoff Triangle is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, 88 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
88 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Rockaway Blvd/87 St · Q7
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Boulevard & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 88 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 88 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 80 St A
    0.4 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 Rockaway Blvd/87 St, 220 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/87 St Q7
    220 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11416
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. St Elizabeth Catholic Academy School
    1,260 feet
  2. Queens Explorers Elementary School
    1,280 feet
  3. P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ruoff Triangle
    410 feet
  2. Ampere Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. London Planetree Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Elizabeth Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Clocktower Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or Rockaway Boulevard.

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