124th Street & 13th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 124th Street and 13th Avenue is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. College Point Collaborative is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/College Point Blvd, is 940 feet away for the Q26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
14 Av/College Point Blvd · Q26
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
124th Street & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/College Point Blvd, 940 feet away, for the Q26.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 15-01 126th Street Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,160 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the apple and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 124th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of 13th Avenue

  • No standing 3 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
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Park
    910 feet
  2. College Point Park
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Firemen's Hall Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Poppenhusen Library Landmark
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Fidelis RC Church House of worship
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 124th 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.