123rd Street & 13th Avenue

The three-way junction of 123rd Street and 13th Avenue is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The bust “Conrad Poppenhusen Memorial” is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/College Point Blvd, is 650 feet away for the Q26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and five places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
14 Av/College Point Blvd · Q26
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
123rd Street & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/College Point Blvd, 650 feet away, for the Q26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/College Point Blvd Q26
    650 feet
    Q26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    1,020 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 700 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 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 123rd Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 13th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 13th Avenue

  • No standing 13 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 13th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival and Second Empire, one each, and built between 1857 and 1904.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Poppenhusen Triangle.

  1. Conrad Poppenhusen Memorial Bust by Henry Baerer, 1884
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. College Point Collaborative School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Park
    630 feet
  2. College Point Park
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Firemen's Hall Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Poppenhusen Library Landmark
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Fidelis RC Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 13-28 123rd Street Older adult center
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 123rd Street or 13th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.