136th Street & Park Drive East
The three-way junction of 136th Street and Park Drive East is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, at the edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/Park Dr East, is 810 feet away for the Q64, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/Park Dr East, 810 feet away, for the Q64.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jewel Av/Park Dr East Q64810 feetQ64
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Park Drive East, 320 feet by car along the streets.
- 67-24 Main Street Gas station0.7 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 April 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2020
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills; the corner is on the edge of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park area
- Elevation
- 27 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.
Trees
Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 27 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 136th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 136th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of Park Drive East
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Park Drive East
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park40 feet
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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:
- 136th Street & 68th Drive 630 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 69th Road at Park Drive East 780 feet
- Jewel Avenue & Park Drive East 970 feet
- Van Wyck Expressway & 69th Road 1,120 feet
- 69th Road & Van Wyck Expressway 1,220 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 136th Street 1,300 feet
- Van Wyck Expressway & Jewel Avenue 0.3 miles
- 138th Street & 68th Drive 0.3 miles
See every intersection along 136th Street or Park Drive East.