138th Street & Hoover Avenue

The four-way crossing of 138th Street and Hoover Avenue is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Maple Grove Park is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about ten minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1951 and 1958, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Briarwood
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Main St/82 Dr · Q20
Within a walk
2 places
2 parks, within five minutes

Map

Layers
138th Street & Hoover Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Briarwood, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/82 Dr, 0.3 miles away, for the Q20.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/82 Dr Q20
    0.3 miles
    Q20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hoover Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Main Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 146-15 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
109 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 between 1951 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 138th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of 138th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

North side of Hoover Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of Hoover Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hoover - Manton Playgrounds Park
    990 feet
  2. Maple Grove Park
    1,230 feet

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 138th Street or Hoover Avenue.

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