99th Avenue & Hempstead Avenue
The three-way junction of 99th Avenue and Hempstead Avenue is in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Litchhult Square is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hempstead Av/99 Av, is 100 feet away for the Q82, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hempstead Av/99 Av, 100 feet away, for the Q82.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hempstead Av/99 Av Q82100 feetQ82
Next buses at this stop
- Q82 …
Cycling
- 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Hempstead Avenue & Cross Island Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station1,080 feet
- 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11429
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 27
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Queens Village
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1930 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Freeman maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Hempstead Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Alpha Fundamental Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 51,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Litchhult Square1,140 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and one food store.
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:
- 217th Street & 99th Avenue 160 feet
- 217th Street & Hempstead Avenue 170 feet
- Hempstead Avenue & 217th Place 260 feet
- 217th Street & 100th Avenue 400 feet
- 217th Street & 98th Avenue 490 feet
- 100th Avenue & 98th Avenue 510 feet
- 216th Street & 99th Avenue 520 feet
- 102nd Avenue & 217th Place 570 feet
See every intersection along 99th Avenue or Hempstead Avenue.