149th Place & 5th Avenue

The three-way junction of 149th Place and 5th Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, 150 St/11 Av, is 0.4 miles away for the Q15. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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149th Place & 5th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 150 St/11 Av, 0.4 miles away, for the Q15.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. 150 St/11 Av Q15
    0.4 miles
    Q15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q15 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
43 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.