149th Street & 3rd Avenue
The four-way crossing of 149th Street and 3rd 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. Francis Lewis Park is 980 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 June 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
- 37 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 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 149th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of 149th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
South side of 3rd Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Francis Lewis Park980 feet
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 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 149th Place & 3rd Avenue 250 feet
- 148th Street & 3rd Avenue 280 feet
- 150th Street & 3rd Avenue 520 feet
- 147th Place & 3rd Avenue 560 feet
- 149th Street & 5th Avenue 610 feet
- 149th Street & 2nd Avenue 760 feet
- 3rd Avenue & Cresthaven Lane 770 feet
- 2nd Avenue & Samos Lane 860 feet
See every intersection along 149th Street or 3rd Avenue.