149th Street & 12th Road
The three-way junction of 149th Street and 12th Road is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens, and is also named Associazione Sacchesi D’America Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The Engine 295/Ladder 144 firehouse is 160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 150 St/12 Av, is 980 feet away for the Q15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 150 St/12 Av, 980 feet away, for the Q15.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 150 St/12 Av Q15980 feetQ15
Next buses at this stop
- Q15 …
Cycling
- 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 670 feet by car along the streets.
- 15-06 149th Street Gas station960 feet
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.
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
- 60 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Associazione Sacchesi D’America Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).
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 1920 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Associazione Sacchesi D’America Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 7 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 12th Road
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
South side of 12th Road
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
East side of 149th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 439166 and 456512.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 fire station
- 1 park
- 1 post office
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Up N Top Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K700 feet
- The Greek Orthodox Community of Whitestone, Holy Cross Preschool, ages 2 to 5930 feet
- Qsac Inc Whitestone School950 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- McKee Triangle720 feet
Community centers and public services
- Whitestone Post Office1,190 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 295/Ladder 144 Fire station160 feet
Bank branches
- Santander Bank Bank branch800 feet
- TD Bank Bank branch890 feet
- Citizens Bank Bank branch1,070 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy730 feet
Shopping centers
- Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and six 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 149th Street & 12th Avenue 360 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street at 14th Avenue 370 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 14th Avenue 560 feet
- 150th Street & 12th Road 640 feet
- 149th Street & 11th Avenue 650 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street 670 feet
- 148th Street & 12th Avenue 740 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 14th Avenue 740 feet
See every intersection along 12th Road or 149th Street.