Ithaca Street & Britton Avenue

Ithaca Street and Britton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Dunningham Triangle is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 36 places to eat. About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Hampton St/Britton Av · Q29
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ithaca Street & Britton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    1,050 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    1,300 feet
    7
  2. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hampton St/Britton Av, 300 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Britton Av Q29
    300 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Britton Avenue and Ithaca Street.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Judge St & Britton Ave 23 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Britton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Britton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Ithaca Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ithaca Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers School
    530 feet
  3. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dunningham Triangle
    910 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Britton Avenue or Ithaca Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.