101st Avenue & 109th Street

The three-way junction of 101st Avenue and 109th Street is in South Richmond Hill, Queens, and is also named Allama Iqbal Avenue by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record

No crash on record

in any year the city publishes

Nearest subway

111 St

0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A

6 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

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101st Avenue & 109th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

111 St A
0.3 miles
A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan

1 line

A …

Ozone Park

1 line

A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Home Sweet Home” (2016) by Linda Ganjian at the 111 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/109 St, 50 feet away, for the Q8.

7 routes within a ten-minute walk

101 Av/109 St Q8
50 feet
Q8

Next buses at this stop

Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

110-18 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
0.4 miles
9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
0.9 miles
1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

What the city has done here

Leading pedestrian interval, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from

ZIP code: 11419
Community board: Queens Community Board 9
City Council district: 29
Police precinct: 102
Neighborhood (City Planning area): South Richmond Hill
Elevation: 45 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Allama Iqbal Avenue, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Allama Iqbal Avenue.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read

15 signs on these blocks
6 different rules
4 active meters
2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 101st Avenue

Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of 101st Avenue

Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of 109th Street

No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401501 and 426816.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

6 religious buildings
1 school

Schools and child care

P. S. 62 - Chester Park School
560 feet

Supermarkets

K Town Supermarket Supermarket
0.3 miles
Key Food Supermarket
0.3 miles

Other stores

Dollar Tree Store
0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 101st Avenue or 109th Street.