Liberty Avenue & 116th Street

Liberty Avenue and 116th Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lefferts Library is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd, is about a minute on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 27 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd
70 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Liberty Av/115 St · Q112
Within a walk
3 places
1 library, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd A
    70 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St A
    1,220 feet
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/115 St, 280 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/115 St Q112
    280 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 113-21 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.1 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2019
  • Turn calming, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11419
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
28 and 29 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Ozone Park
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Exclamation' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 116th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 116th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406644, 416772, 417021 and 423803.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bena Institute of Vocational Trainin Trade or language school
    120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts Library
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. K Town Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 116th Street or Liberty Avenue.

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