137th Avenue & Southgate Street
The three-way junction of 137th Avenue and Southgate Street is in Laurelton, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. In 2025, 929 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Cynthia Jenkins School is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 140 Av/Southgate St, is 1,070 feet away for the Q85 and Q89, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 140 Av/Southgate St, 1,070 feet away, for the Q85 and Q89.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 140 Av/Southgate St Q85, Q891,070 feetQ85 Q89
Next buses at this stop
- Q85 …
- Q89 …
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.
- 137-02 Farmers Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 929 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 816th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 481 more were issued.
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
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 1925 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Cynthia Jenkins School750 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Montbellier Park1,280 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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:
- 137th Avenue & Bennett Street 260 feet
- 137th Avenue & Thurston Street 260 feet
- 136th Avenue & Thurston Street 540 feet
- 137th Avenue & Westgate Street 690 feet
- 137th Avenue & Belknap Street 730 feet
- 135th Avenue & Thurston Street 790 feet
- Cheney Street & Crandall Avenue 810 feet
- Southgate Street & Southgate Plaza 870 feet
See every intersection along 137th Avenue or Southgate Street.