11th Avenue & 137th Street

The three-way junction of 11th Avenue and 137th Street is in College Point, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Powell's Cove Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/137 St, is 800 feet away for the Q76, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 190 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.

Map

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11th Avenue & 137th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/137 St, 800 feet away, for the Q76.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/137 St Q76
    800 feet
    Q76

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 130-15 14th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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 August 2017.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 190 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 1945 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 11th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powell's Cove Park Nature area
    40 feet
  2. Frank Golden Park
    1,080 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. College Point Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 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, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.