149th Street & Delaware Avenue

The four-way crossing of 149th Street and Delaware Avenue is in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lawrence Triangle is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Elm Av, is 1,040 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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149th Street & Delaware Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Elm Av, 1,040 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/Elm Av Q26, Q27
    1,040 feet
    Q26 Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Booth Memorial Avenue & College Point Boulevard, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11355
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flushing
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 149th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 149th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Delaware Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Delaware Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Triangle
    940 feet

Health care

  1. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, seven 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.