Hillside Avenue & 135th Street

Hillside Avenue and 135th Street meet at a five-way junction in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 586 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Tiegerman High School is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
760 feet · 3 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd · J90, T340
Within a walk
3 places
2 schools and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 135th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    760 feet
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd, 720 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd J90, T340
    720 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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, 1,120 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 138-17 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 586 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,097th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 586 more were issued.

Every corner with speed 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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 1960.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 135th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 135th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Kew Gardens Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM

South side of Kew Gardens Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403194, 403455 and 422626.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Tiegerman High School
    720 feet
  2. Zucker Jewish Academy of Queens School
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Cenacle Church House of worship
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 135th Street, Hillside Avenue or Kew Gardens Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.