136th Street & Kew Gardens Road

The three-way junction of 136th Street and Kew Gardens Road is in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Zucker Jewish Academy of Queens is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
310 feet · 1 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd · J90, T340
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
136th Street & Kew Gardens Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    310 feet
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd, 270 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd J90, T340
    270 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 1,080 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 137-21 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    860 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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 March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1954.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 136th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 136th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM

East side of Kew Gardens Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Kew Gardens Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 403176.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital

Schools and child care

  1. Tiegerman High School
    680 feet
  2. Zucker Jewish Academy of Queens School
    1,200 feet
  3. Ezra Jack Keats Pre-K Center at 132-10 Jamaica Avenue Pre-K center
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Cenacle Church House of worship
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 136th Street or Kew Gardens Road.

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.