116th Avenue & 124th Street

The four-way crossing of 116th Avenue and 124th Street is in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Hawtree Creek Middle School is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Blvd/125 St, is 510 feet away for the Q7 and Q10, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and nine places to eat.

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116th Avenue & 124th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/125 St, 510 feet away, for the Q7 and Q10.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/125 St Q7, Q10
    510 feet
    Q7 Q10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …
  2. Q10 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 118-05 115th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 44 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11420
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
28
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Ozone Park
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 116th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Catholic War Veterans Square.

  1. Catholic War Veterans Memorial Cross, 1938
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Epic High School - South School
    950 feet
  2. Hawtree Creek Middle School
    950 feet
  3. J.H.S. 226 Virgil I. Grissom School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Catholic War Veterans Square
    570 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Ozone Park Post Office
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Boy Country Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.