32nd Avenue & 137th Street

The four-way crossing of 32nd Avenue and 137th Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mitchell-Linden Library is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Linden Pl/32 Av, is 400 feet away for the Q61, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Linden Pl/32 Av · Q61
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
32nd Avenue & 137th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Pl/32 Av, 400 feet away, for the Q61.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Linden Pl/32 Av Q61
    400 feet
    Q61

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q61 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 137th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 8AM-4PM ALL DAYS

West side of 137th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built between 1887 and 1889.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ready, Set, Grow! Child Care Center, L.L.C Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Little Masters Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Holy Mountain Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  2. P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden School
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lewis H Latimer House Historic site
    710 feet
  2. Mitchell-Linden Library
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Latimer Gardens Community Center
    800 feet
  2. Older adult center at 34-30 137th Street Older adult center
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 137th Street or 32nd Avenue.

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