117th Street & 9th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 117th Street and 9th Avenue is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hermon A. MacNeil Park is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 9 Av/College Pl, is 1,060 feet away for the Q25, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Map

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117th Street & 9th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 9 Av/College Pl, 1,060 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 9 Av/College Pl Q25
    1,060 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 15-01 126th Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11356
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
College Point
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

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 November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 9th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hermon A. MacNeil Park
    930 feet

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 11 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 Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.