120th Street & 15th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 120th Street and 15th Avenue is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. College Point Post Office is 90 feet away. The nearest bus stop, College Point Blvd/15 Av, is 540 feet away for the Q20 and Q26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
College Point Blvd/15 Av · Q20, Q26
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
120th Street & 15th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/15 Av, 540 feet away, for the Q20 and Q26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. College Point Blvd/15 Av Q20, Q26
    540 feet
    Q20 Q26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 15th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 451126.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. College Point Park
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Reformed Church of College Point Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Poppenhusen Library
    1,240 feet
  3. Firemen's Hall Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Fidelis RC Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Point Post Office
    90 feet
  2. Older adult center at 13-28 123rd Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 297/Ladder 130 Fire station
    380 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 120th Street or 15th Avenue.

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