20th Avenue & 128th Street

The four-way crossing of 20th Avenue and 128th Street is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The stele “College Point War Memorial” is 640 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 20 Av/128 St, is 40 feet away for the Q20, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

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20th Avenue & 128th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 20 Av/128 St, 40 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 Av/128 St Q20
    40 feet
    Q20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 128th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 128th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

North side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 20th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Mall Eighteen.

  1. College Point War Memorial Stele, 1930
    640 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Playground
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. College Point Plaza Shopping center
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance 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 of the 11 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.