23rd Avenue & 129th Street

The four-way crossing of 23rd Avenue and 129th Street is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. College Point Fields is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 23 Av/127 St, is 450 feet away for the Q25, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1961, almost all in houses of one or two.

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23rd Avenue & 129th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 23 Av/127 St, 450 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 Av/127 St Q25
    450 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound at Whitestone Expressway & Ulmer Street at Whitestone Expressway Turnaround, 0.6 miles 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 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 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 23rd Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 field
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 029 Queens School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. College Point Fields Field
    290 feet

Shopping centers

  1. College Point Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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 corners on foot, six of them 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, NYC Finance and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.