60th Avenue & 138th Street

The four-way crossing of 60th Avenue and 138th Street is in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queensboro Hill Library is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/60 Av, is 640 feet away for the Q20 and Q44 SBS, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
350 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Main St/60 Av · Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Avenue & 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/60 Av, 640 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/60 Av Q20, Q44 SBS
    640 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 60th Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 350 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 67-24 Main Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11355
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensboro Hill
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 138th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 138th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 60th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 60th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 444080 and 444658.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Kissena Cherry Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 120 Queens School
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Queensboro Hill Library
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Yong Fa Supermarket Supermarket
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 138th Street or 60th Avenue.

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