Hillside Avenue & 124th Street

Hillside Avenue and 124th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 054 Hillside is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
830 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Jamaica Av/124 St · Q56
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 124th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    830 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/124 St, 720 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/124 St Q56
    720 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    1,080 feet
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 124th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 124th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-11AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    740 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls School
    1,060 feet
  3. Tiferes Torah Institute School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metro Triangle
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and nine 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 124th Street or Hillside Avenue.

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