Hampton Street & Britton Avenue

Hampton Street and Britton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and 44 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1932 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Hampton St/Britton Av · Q29
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hampton Street & Britton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    1,300 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hampton St/Britton Av, 40 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Britton Av Q29
    40 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Britton Avenue.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gleane St & Britton Ave 20 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2018
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2023 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Britton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Britton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Hampton Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Hampton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers School
    280 feet
  3. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    1,030 feet
  2. Dunningham Triangle
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Britton Avenue or Hampton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.