149th Street & 22nd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 149th Street and 22nd Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Fields is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Willets Point Blvd/149 St, is 970 feet away for the Q61 and QM20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.

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149th Street & 22nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Willets Point Blvd/149 St, 970 feet away, for the Q61 and QM20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Willets Point Blvd/149 St Q61, QM20
    970 feet
    Q61 QM20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q61 …
  2. QM20 …

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. 20-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 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 1935 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese maple and the kousa dogwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 149th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 149th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 field
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Fields Field
    1,050 feet
  2. Leonardo Ingravallo Playground
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.

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 corners on foot, six of them 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.