123rd Street & 18th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 123rd 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. St Fidelis RC Church is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, College Point Blvd/18 Av, is 280 feet away for the Q26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
College Point Blvd/18 Av · Q26
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
123rd Street & 18th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/18 Av, 280 feet away, for the Q26.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 15-01 126th Street Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    920 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Autumnalis' Higan cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 18th Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 438432 and 448133.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joy Learning Garden II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  2. College Point Collaborative School
    1,000 feet
  3. District 25 Pre-K Center at 123-07 22nd Avenue Pre-K center
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Playground
    600 feet
  2. College Point Park
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Firemen's Hall Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Fidelis RC Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Point Post Office
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 13-28 123rd Street Older adult center
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    580 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 123rd Street or 18th 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.