189th Street & 42nd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 189th Street and 42nd Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Living Faith Community Church is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/189 St, is 620 feet away for the Q12 and Q13, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and six places to eat.

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189th Street & 42nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/189 St, 620 feet away, for the Q12 and Q13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/189 St Q12, Q13
    620 feet
    Q12 Q13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …
  2. Q13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound at Clearview Expressway & 45th Road, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 172-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Between 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 May 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11358
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Dream Daycare Pre-K
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Living Faith Community Church House of worship
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hua Lian Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.