32nd Avenue & 138th Street

The three-way junction of 32nd Avenue and 138th Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Linden Pl/32 Av, is 720 feet away for the Q61, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Linden Pl/32 Av · Q61
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
32nd Avenue & 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Pl/32 Av, 720 feet away, for the Q61.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Linden Pl/32 Av Q61
    720 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 138th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 138th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 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, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 library
  • 3 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
    900 feet
  2. P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden School
    960 feet
  3. P.S. 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colden Playground
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mitchell-Linden Library
    920 feet
  2. Lewis H Latimer House Historic site
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Latimer Gardens Community Center
    1,120 feet
  2. Older adult center at 34-30 137th Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

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 signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 138th Street or 32nd Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.