Lefferts Boulevard & Babbage Street

Lefferts Boulevard and Babbage Street meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. The corner is also named Brendan Byrne Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Richmond Hill Republican Club stands 250 feet away, built in 1908. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Jamaica Av/Lefferts Blvd · Q56
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lefferts Boulevard & Babbage Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    580 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Lefferts Blvd, 100 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Lefferts Blvd Q56
    100 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91-62 Lefferts Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Brendan Byrne Plaza, a co-naming enacted on May 10, 1988 (Local Law 27 of 1988).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Brendan Byrne Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Babbage Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Babbage Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Lefferts Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial Revival, and built in 1908.

  1. Richmond Hill Republican Club Designated landmark
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Library
    320 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    530 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Babbage Street or Lefferts Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.