120th Street & 18th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 120th Street and 18th 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. The Engine 297/Ladder 130 firehouse is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, College Point Blvd/18 Av, is 560 feet away for the Q26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

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120th Street & 18th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/18 Av, 560 feet away, for the Q26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. College Point Blvd/18 Av Q26
    560 feet
    Q26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 15-01 126th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is 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 1915 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 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 January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 18th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Joy Learning Garden II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. College Point Park
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Point Post Office
    400 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 297/Ladder 130 Fire station
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 16 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 12 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.