College Point Boulevard & 18th Avenue

College Point Boulevard and 18th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in College Point, Queens. The corner is also named Henry Skoros Drive by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Poppenhusen Playground is 860 feet away, and Poppenhusen Library is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, College Point Blvd/18 Av, is 60 feet away for the Q26. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
College Point Blvd/18 Av · Q26
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
College Point Boulevard & 18th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/18 Av, 60 feet away, for the Q26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. College Point Blvd/18 Av Q26
    60 feet
    Q26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
32 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Henry Skoros Drive, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 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 1915 and 1950.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Henry Skoros Drive.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of College Point Boulevard

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of College Point Boulevard

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 435477, 448133, 448134 and 455462.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joy Learning Garden II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  2. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. College Point Collaborative School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Playground
    860 feet
  2. College Point Park
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poppenhusen Library
    1,130 feet
  2. Firemen's Hall Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Fidelis RC Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. College Point Post Office
    680 feet
  2. Older adult center at 13-28 123rd Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 297/Ladder 130 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    760 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 16 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.