Van Wyck Expressway & 87th Avenue Pedestrian Overpass

Van Wyck Expressway and 87th Avenue Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Tiegerman High School is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about six minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Briarwood
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
1,130 feet
Queens Blvd/Main St · Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 +1
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Wyck Expressway & 87th Avenue Pedestrian Overpass 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. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Main St, 1,130 feet away, for the Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 and QM68.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Main St Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 +1
    1,130 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS Q60 T300 QM68

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …
  3. Q60 …
  4. T300 …
  5. QM68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24 and 29 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
102 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1960.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Tiegerman High School
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 87th Avenue Pedestrian Overpass or Van Wyck Expressway.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18–27, 2026.