137th Avenue & Belknap Street

The three-way junction of 137th Avenue and Belknap Street is in Laurelton, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Cynthia Jenkins School is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/Eastgate Plaza, is 840 feet away for the Q77, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

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137th Avenue & Belknap Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/Eastgate Plaza, 840 feet away, for the Q77.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/Eastgate Plaza Q77
    840 feet
    Q77

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q77 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at North Conduit Avenue & 181st Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 131-07 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Laurelton
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 1930 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 137th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Belknap Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Belknap Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Cynthia Jenkins School
    180 feet
  2. Little People Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Montbellier Park
    550 feet
  2. Montbellier Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.