Liberty Avenue & 118th Street

Liberty Avenue and 118th Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Battalion 51/Engine 308 firehouse is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd, is about a minute on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them trade or language schools, and 27 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd
200 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Liberty Av/118 St · Q112
Within a walk
5 places
2 trade or language schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd A
    200 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/118 St, 50 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/118 St Q112
    50 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91-62 Lefferts Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2019
  • 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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Wildfire' black gum and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 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 118th Street

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

West side of 118th Street

  • Metered parking 2 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
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 410680, 410700, 410702 and 424292.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Bena Institute of Vocational Trainin Trade or language school
    500 feet
  2. Bold Vision Career of Queens Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  3. Little Leaders Live Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts Library
    450 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 51/Engine 308 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 118th Street or Liberty Avenue.

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