Judge Street & Whitney Avenue

Judge Street and Whitney Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Hampton St/Whitney Ave · Q29
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Judge Street & Whitney Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    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. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7
  2. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hampton St/Whitney Ave, 600 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Whitney Ave Q29
    600 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Whitney Ave & Ketcham Pl 25 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 1939 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Judge Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Judge Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    280 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    280 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    40 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Judge Street or Whitney Avenue.

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