Hampton Street & Lamont Avenue

Hampton Street and Lamont Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Middleburgh Triangle is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Corona Av/91 Pl · Q58
Within a walk
20 places
16 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hampton Street & Lamont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    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. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Corona Av/91 Pl, 550 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Corona Av/91 Pl Q58 · Shelter
    550 feet
    Q58
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forley St & Lamont Ave 21 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 2023

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
52 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 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hampton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lamont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Renaissance Revival, and built between 1930 and 1931.

  1. Newtown High School Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    790 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    720 feet
  2. Middleburgh Triangle
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hampton Street or Lamont Avenue.

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