33rd Avenue & Leavitt Street

The three-way junction of 33rd Avenue and Leavitt Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Lewis H Latimer House is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union St/33 Av, is 410 feet away for the Q16 and Q20, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Union St/33 Av · Q16, Q20
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 1 community center and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
33rd Avenue & Leavitt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union St/33 Av, 410 feet away, for the Q16 and Q20.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St/33 Av Q16, Q20
    410 feet
    Q16 Q20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …
  2. Q20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.6 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 33rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 33rd Avenue

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

East side of Leavitt Street

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

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

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Masters Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Health Force Solutions Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  3. Queens Academy High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colden Playground
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Union Plaza Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    520 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lewis H Latimer House Historic site
    680 feet
  2. Mitchell-Linden Library
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Vianney RC Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Latimer Gardens Community Center
    1,250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 34-30 137th Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 33rd Avenue or Leavitt Street.

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