149th Street & 10th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 149th Street and 10th Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 295/Ladder 144 firehouse is 1,170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 150 St/11 Av, is 1,030 feet away for the Q15, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

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149th Street & 10th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 150 St/11 Av, 1,030 feet away, for the Q15.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 150 St/11 Av Q15
    1,030 feet
    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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
80 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 10th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 149th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Greek Orthodox Community of Whitestone, Holy Cross Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet
  2. Qsac Inc Whitestone School
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 295/Ladder 144 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places 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 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, 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.