40th Avenue & 13th Street

The three-way junction of 40th Avenue and 13th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Queensbridge North development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island City Workforce1 Career Center is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St-Queensbridge, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
21 St-Queensbridge
720 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
40 Av/12 St · Q103
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
40th Avenue & 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St-Queensbridge, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    720 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. M …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. M …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 40 Av/12 St, 270 feet away, for the Q103.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 40 Av/12 St Q103
    270 feet
    Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 40 Ave & 9 St 19 docks in all
    1,070 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-01 21st Street Gas station
    860 feet
  2. 8-08 Queens Plaza South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 in 1939.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Queensbridge North development.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 13th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of 40th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 30 Academy of Cultural Excellence Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc. Western Queens School
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Queensbridge Library
    910 feet
  2. Long Island City Library
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    100 feet
  2. Older adult center at 10-25 41st Avenue Older adult center
    1,260 feet
  3. Older adult center at Queensbridge North Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 13th Street or 40th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.