149th Street & Hawthorn Avenue

The four-way crossing of 149th Street and Hawthorn 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. Marys Nativity St Ann RC Church is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 46 Av/Parsons Blvd, is 680 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

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149th Street & Hawthorn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 46 Av/Parsons Blvd, 680 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 46 Av/Parsons Blvd Q26, Q27
    680 feet
    Q26 Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
61 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 149th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 149th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Triangle
    960 feet

Health care

  1. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Marys Nativity St Ann RC Church House of worship
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and three 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 10 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.