Jewel Avenue & 136th Street
Jewel Avenue and 136th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/136 St, is 70 feet away for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/136 St, 70 feet away, for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jewel Av/136 St Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44 · Shelter70 feetQ64 Q74 QM4 QM44
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
- Q74 …
- QM4 …
- QM44 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Jewel Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Park Drive East, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 67-24 Main Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, August 2020
- Turn calming, September 2025
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 57 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 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 1950 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 42 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 136th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 136th Street
- No parking 21 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Jewel Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Jewel Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-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 park
- 1 park feature
Schools and child care
- Congregation Ohel Yitzchok Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5730 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park770 feet
- Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature1,230 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Ohel Yitzchak House of worship1,020 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Jewel Avenue & 137th Street 260 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 138th Street 550 feet
- 70th Avenue & 137th Street 560 feet
- 136th Street & 70th Road 630 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 69th Road at Park Drive East 670 feet
- 136th Street & 68th Drive 670 feet
- 137th Street & 70th Road 830 feet
- Jewel Avenue & Park Drive East 850 feet
See every intersection along 136th Street or Jewel Avenue.