114th Street & Bessemer Street

The three-way junction of 114th Street and Bessemer Street is in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jacob Riis Triangle is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Myrtle Av/114 St · Q55
Within a walk
5 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
114th Street & Bessemer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/114 St, 820 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/114 St Q55 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    820 feet
    Q55
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    580 feet
  2. Forest Park
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 114th Street or Bessemer Street.

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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.