Hillside Avenue & 136th Street

Hillside Avenue and 136th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,187 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Our Lady of Cenacle Church is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and 15 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 136th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    560 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
    0.3 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, 520 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van WYCK Expwy Service Rd/Kew Gardens Rd J90, T340
    520 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, 820 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 138-17 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,187 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 671st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 664 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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 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 1954.

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

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green Leaf' Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 136th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 136th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • 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 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403176, 403194 and 422626.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Tiegerman High School
    420 feet
  2. Zucker Jewish Academy of Queens School
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 136th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.