104th Street & Nicolls Avenue

The four-way crossing of 104th Street and Nicolls Avenue is in Corona, Queens, and is also named Nicholas Pennetti Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Leo Church is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 103 St-Corona Plaza, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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104th Street & Nicolls Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 103 St-Corona Plaza, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 103 St-Corona Plaza 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/48 Av, 1,010 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/48 Av Q23
    1,010 feet
    Q23

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 104th Street.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 47 Ave & 104 St 20 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 46-11 108th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Corona
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Nicholas Pennetti Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Nicholas Pennetti Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 104th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Nicolls Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Nicolls Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1871.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Funday Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 104-04 Corona Avenue Pre-K center
    390 feet
  3. St Leo Catholic Academy School
    460 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corona Health Sanctuary Playground
    390 feet
  2. Josephine Caminiti Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. William F Moore Park
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Leo Church House of worship
    140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 107-24 Corona Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.