149th Avenue & Lafayette Street

The three-way junction of 149th Avenue and Lafayette Street is in Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Southside Burial Ground is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 149 Av/Lafayette St, is 50 feet away for the Q41, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them fields, and eight places to eat.

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149th Avenue & Lafayette Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 149 Av/Lafayette St, 50 feet away, for the Q41.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 149 Av/Lafayette St Q41
    50 feet
    Q41

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 135-45 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11417
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
32
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 1957 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 149th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 149th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lafayette Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Lafayette Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 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.

  • 2 fields
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 202 Robert H. Goddard School
    400 feet
  2. Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology School
    400 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vito Locascio Field
    50 feet
  2. Rocket Playground
    170 feet
  3. Southside Burial Ground Cemetery
    310 feet
Show all 5
  1. Tudor Park
    750 feet
  2. Gemini Fields Field
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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