134th Street & 57th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 134th Street and 57th Avenue is in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lawrence Playground is 1,020 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/Booth Memorial Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q20, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks, and two places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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134th Street & 57th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/Booth Memorial Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q20.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/Booth Memorial Av Q20
    0.3 miles
    Q20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Booth Memorial Avenue & College Point Boulevard, 1,010 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 40-24 College Point Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    1 mile

Between 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 September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11355
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensboro Hill
Elevation
51 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 134th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 134th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of 57th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 57th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 406070.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    450 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    870 feet
  3. Lawrence Playground
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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 13 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 Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.