Merrick Boulevard & Montauk Street

Merrick Boulevard and Montauk Street meet at a three-way junction in St. Albans, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/Montauk St, is 50 feet away for the Q5, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and three places to eat. About 120 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Merrick Boulevard & Montauk Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/Montauk St, 50 feet away, for the Q5.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/Montauk St Q5 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Q5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at North Conduit Avenue & 181st Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 131-07 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1,010 feet

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11413
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27 and 31 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. Albans
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 120 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1945.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Merrick Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

West side of Montauk Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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:

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