Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street at 14th Avenue

Cross Island Parkway, 149th Street and 14th Avenue meet at a six-way junction in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. The corner is also named Police Officer Thomas G. Brophy Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. McKee Triangle is 350 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Island Pkwy/150 St, is 690 feet away for the Q76, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
300 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Cross Island Pkwy/150 St · Q76
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street at 14th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Island Pkwy/150 St, 690 feet away, for the Q76.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Island Pkwy/150 St Q76
    690 feet
    Q76

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 300 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 15-06 149th Street Gas station
    580 feet
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Police Officer Thomas G. Brophy Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • 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 1920 and 1940.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Police Officer Thomas G. Brophy Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 149th Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of 149th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of 14th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of 14th Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Cross Island Parkway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cross Island Parkway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433212, 433214 and 439168.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Up N Top Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. P.S. 079 Francis Lewis School
    1,100 feet
  3. The Greek Orthodox Community of Whitestone, Holy Cross Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKee Triangle
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Whitestone Post Office
    810 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 295/Ladder 144 Fire station
    310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    420 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    360 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 149th Street, 14th Avenue or Cross Island Parkway.

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