20th Avenue & 124th Street

The four-way crossing of 20th Avenue and 124th Street is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Fidelis RC Church is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 20 Av/College Point Blvd, is 400 feet away for the Q20, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

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20th Avenue & 124th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 20 Av/College Point Blvd, 400 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 Av/College Point Blvd Q20
    400 feet
    Q20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 130-05 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11356
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
College Point
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 124th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 124th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Joy Learning Garden II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  2. District 25 Pre-K Center at 123-07 22nd Avenue Pre-K center
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Playground
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. St Fidelis RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. College Point Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and eight 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 15 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.