38th Avenue & 138th Street

The three-way junction of 38th Avenue and 138th Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Windsor School is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 16 of them trade or language schools, and 210 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1998 and 2014, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
840 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Main St/38 Av · Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
29 places
16 trade or language schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    840 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 Main St/38 Av, 430 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/38 Av Q20, Q44 SBS
    430 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 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
    0.4 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 seven 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 1998 and 2014.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 138th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 38th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 16 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    300 feet
  2. Sky Language Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    580 feet
Show all 18
  1. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    580 feet
  2. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    580 feet
  3. Zoni Language Centers - Flushing, LL Trade or language school
    580 feet
  4. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    690 feet
  5. Windsor School
    740 feet
  6. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    750 feet
  7. Alliance Computing Solutions Trade or language school
    770 feet
  8. Hta of New York, Inc. - Flushing School
    800 feet
  9. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  10. Amlotus Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  11. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  12. Accelerated Career Advancement Train Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  13. Compu21 Institute Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  14. International Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  15. New York Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel Carter Beard Mall
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    680 feet
  2. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    750 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 52 Ambulance station
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing Landmark · listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Old Quaker Meeting House Landmark · listed historic place
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. 109th Precinct Police station
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    570 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    770 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    1,090 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 210 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 138th Street or 38th Avenue.

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