127th Street & 101st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 127th Street and 101st Avenue is in South Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Gospel Baptist Church is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 101 Av/124 St, is 750 feet away for the Q8, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

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127th Street & 101st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/124 St, 750 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/124 St Q8 · Shelter
    750 feet
    Q8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-28 Van Wyck Expressway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11419
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Richmond Hill
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 1925.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 101st Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 101st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 127th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 127th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 415455.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 161 Arthur Ashe School
    980 feet
  2. P.S. 055 Maure School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Gospel Baptist Church House of worship
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Apna Bazar Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.