Horace Harding Expressway & 138th Street at Long Island Expressway
Horace Harding Expressway, 138th Street and Long Island Expressway meet at a five-way junction in Queensboro Hill, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Turtle Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/136 St, is 460 feet away for the Q88, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/136 St, 460 feet away, for the Q88.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/136 St Q88460 feetQ88
Next buses at this stop
- Q88 …
Cycling
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 67-24 Main Street Gas station0.8 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Queensboro Hill
- Elevation
- 71 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 19 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 138th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of 138th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
North side of Horace Harding Expressway
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K620 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Turtle Playground30 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Queensboro Hill Library1,280 feet
Supermarkets
- Yong Fa Supermarket Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 138th Street & 61st Road 150 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 61st Road 400 feet
- 138th Street & 62nd Avenue 400 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 136th Street 560 feet
- 138th Street & 62nd Road 650 feet
- 136th Street & 61st Road 710 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Main Street at 61st Road 760 feet
- Long Island Expressway & 136th Street Pedestrian Overpass 830 feet
See every intersection along 138th Street, Horace Harding Expressway or Long Island Expressway.