20th Avenue & 129th Street

The four-way crossing of 20th Avenue and 129th Street is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2026, 768 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. In 2026, 81 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Poppenhusen Playground is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 20 Av/128 St, is 290 feet away for the Q20. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
20 Av/128 St · Q20
Within a walk
2 places
1 playground and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
20th Avenue & 129th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 20 Av/128 St, 290 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 Av/128 St Q20
    290 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
    420 feet
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 768 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Eastbound on 20th Avenue738
Southbound on 129th Street30
Total768

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 81 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 200 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

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 129th Street

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

West side of 129th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 20th Avenue

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

South side of 20th Avenue

  • No standing 5 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
    800 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Playground
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles
  3. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. College Point Plaza Shopping center
    880 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 129th Street or 20th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.