Hillside Avenue & 126th Street

Hillside Avenue and 126th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2026, 833 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. P.S. 054 Hillside is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, 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, three of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Metropolitan Av/Hillside Av · Q54
Within a walk
6 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 126th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Hillside Av, 710 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Hillside Av Q54
    710 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 833 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 126th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 126th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    190 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls School
    950 feet
  3. Tiferes Torah Institute School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metro Triangle
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 126th Street or Hillside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.