20th Avenue & 132nd Street

The three-way junction of 20th Avenue and 132nd Street is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frank Golden Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 20 Av/131 St, is 210 feet away for the Q20, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat. About 60 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1920, almost all in houses of one or two.

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20th Avenue & 132nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 20 Av/131 St, 210 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 Av/131 St Q20
    210 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 60 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 in 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 132nd Street

  • No standing 20 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 132nd Street

  • No standing 18 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 20th Avenue

  • No standing 18 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank Golden Park
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. College Point Plaza Shopping center
    70 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

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