12th Avenue & 152nd Street
The four-way crossing of 12th Avenue and 152nd Street is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 193 Alfred J. Kennedy is 230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 10 Av/152 St, is 680 feet away for the Q15, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 10 Av/152 St, 680 feet away, for the Q15.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 10 Av/152 St Q15680 feetQ15
Next buses at this stop
- Q15 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station1,290 feet
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers960 feet
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11357
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Whitestone-Beechhurst
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 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 1935 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 7 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 12th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of 152nd Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 193 Alfred J. Kennedy School230 feet
- Pee Wee Folks Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K840 feet
- Precious Moments Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K850 feet
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- There's No Place Like Home Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K890 feet
- Whitestone Academy School1,010 feet
- KA of WSNY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,120 feet
- Anthony Jerone's School of Dog Train Trade or language school1,130 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Whitestone Playground640 feet
Houses of worship
- Whitestone Hebrew Center House of worship840 feet
- Flock Presbyterian Church House of worship1,090 feet
Supermarkets
- North Shore Farms Supermarket0.3 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center1,010 feet
- Whitestone Plaza Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and five 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 11th Avenue & 152nd Street 290 feet
- 12th Avenue & 151st Place 330 feet
- 152nd Street & 12th Road 370 feet
- 12th Avenue & Clintonville Street 610 feet
- 152nd Street & 10th Avenue 670 feet
- 14th Avenue & 152nd Street 730 feet
- 12th Avenue & 154th Street 790 feet
- Clintonville Street & 12th Road 900 feet
See every intersection along 12th Avenue or 152nd Street.