11th Street & 40th Avenue

The three-way junction of 11th Street and 40th Avenue is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Queensbridge North development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queensbridge Library is 890 feet away, and Vernon Playground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St-Queensbridge, is about five minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
21 St-Queensbridge
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
40 Av/12 St · Q103
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
11th Street & 40th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St-Queensbridge, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    1,230 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. M …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. M …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 40 Av/12 St, 310 feet away, for the Q103.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 40 Av/12 St Q103
    310 feet
    Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 40 Ave & 9 St 19 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-01 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 8-08 Queens Plaza South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1939.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Queensbridge North development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 40th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 30 Academy of Cultural Excellence Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc. Western Queens School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    1,110 feet
  2. Vernon Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Queensbridge Library
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    610 feet
  2. Community center at Queensbridge North Community center
    870 feet
  3. Older adult center at 10-25 41st Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at Queensbridge North Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 11th Street or 40th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.