College Point Boulevard & 13th Avenue

College Point Boulevard and 13th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Poppenhusen Library is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/College Point Blvd, is 350 feet away for the Q26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
14 Av/College Point Blvd · Q26
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
College Point Boulevard & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/College Point Blvd, 350 feet away, for the Q26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/College Point Blvd Q26
    350 feet
    Q26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 15-01 126th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    720 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more 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 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11356
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
College Point
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of College Point Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival and Second Empire, one each, and built between 1857 and 1904.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Poppenhusen Triangle.

  1. Conrad Poppenhusen Memorial Bust by Henry Baerer, 1884
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. College Point Collaborative School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Park
    320 feet
  2. College Point Park
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poppenhusen Library Landmark
    290 feet
  2. Firemen's Hall Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. First Reformed Church of College Point Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Fidelis RC Church House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 13-28 123rd Street Older adult center
    670 feet
  2. College Point Post Office
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 297/Ladder 130 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    630 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Avenue or College Point Boulevard.

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