20th Avenue & 146th Street

The three-way junction of 20th Avenue and 146th Street is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Harvey Park is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/20 Av, is 340 feet away for the Q44 SBS and QM2, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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20th Avenue & 146th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/20 Av, 340 feet away, for the Q44 SBS and QM2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/20 Av Q44 SBS, QM2
    340 feet
    Q44 SBS QM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …
  2. QM2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & I 678, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 146th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harvey Park
    830 feet
  2. Harvey Playground
    980 feet

Health care

  1. Bridge View Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hua Lian Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

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 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.