149th Place & 3rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 149th Place and 3rd Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Francis Lewis Park is 1,220 feet away. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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149th Place & 3rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Francis Lewis Park
    1,220 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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