37th Avenue & 138th Street

The three-way junction of 37th Avenue and 138th Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Old Quaker Meeting House is 460 feet away, and the obelisk “Flushing Park Memorial” is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 13 of them trade or language schools, and 158 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
138 St/37 Av · Q65
Within a walk
31 places
13 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    1,120 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy World” (1999) by Ik-Joong Kang at the Flushing-Main St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 138 St/37 Av, 680 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 138 St/37 Av Q65
    680 feet
    Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 61 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway westbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1984 and 2014.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 10pm on 37th Avenue (north side).

East side of 138th Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 138th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 37th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 7 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 443331.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1694 and 1908.

  1. Flushing Town Hall Designated landmark
    760 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Flushing Greens.

  1. Flushing Park Memorial Obelisk, 1865
    560 feet
  2. Flushing Memorial Exedra by Herman Atkins MacNeil, 1925
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 13 trade or language schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Alliance Computing Solutions Trade or language school
    500 feet
  2. Windsor School
    540 feet
  3. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    580 feet
Show all 16
  1. Zoni Language Centers - Flushing, LL Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. Sky Language Trade or language school
    810 feet
  3. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    860 feet
  4. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    860 feet
  5. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    860 feet
  6. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    890 feet
  7. International Beauty School Trade or language school
    940 feet
  8. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    960 feet
  9. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  10. Hta of New York, Inc. - Flushing School
    1,070 feet
  11. Amlotus Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  12. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  13. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel Carter Beard Mall
    980 feet
  2. Flushing Greens Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet
  2. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 52 Ambulance station
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theater Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  3. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Old Quaker Meeting House Landmark · listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing Landmark · listed historic place
    840 feet
  3. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 109th Precinct Police station
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 158 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 138th Street or 37th Avenue.

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