117th Street & Babbage Street

The three-way junction of 117th Street and Babbage Street is in Richmond Hill, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Jacob Riis Triangle is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Myrtle Av/Hillside Av · Q55
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
117th Street & Babbage Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    1,320 feet
    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/Hillside Av, 600 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Hillside Av Q55 · Shelter
    600 feet
    Q55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 October 2019.

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
57 feet above sea level

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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 117th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM

West side of 117th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM

East side of Babbage Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Babbage Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial Revival, and built in 1908.

  1. Richmond Hill Republican Club Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shaar Hatorah High School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    510 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Richmond Hill Library
    560 feet
  3. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and eight 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:

See every intersection along 117th Street or Babbage Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.