Poplar Street & Orient Avenue
Poplar Street and Orient Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Zion Episcopal Church is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Douglaston Pkwy, is 0.4 miles away for the Q12. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Douglaston Pkwy, 0.4 miles away, for the Q12.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- Northern Blvd/Douglaston Pkwy Q120.4 milesQ12
Next buses at this stop
- Q12 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station1.2 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2014.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11363
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Douglaston-Little Neck
- Elevation
- 65 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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 1920 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Poplar Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Poplar Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, 52 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Colonial, and mostly built between 1900 and 1924.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 fire station
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Udall's Cove and Ravine Natural Resource Area Nature area590 feet
- Catharine Turner Richardson Park890 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Douglaston Hill Historic District Listed historic place820 feet
Houses of worship
- Zion Episcopal Church House of worship900 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 313/Ladder 164 Fire station1,180 feet
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 and a signal or safety change.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Pine Street & Orient Avenue 460 feet
- Hamilton Place & Pine Street 730 feet
- Church Street & Orient Avenue 780 feet
- Prospect Avenue & Poplar Street 850 feet
- Church Street & Hamilton Place 1,060 feet
- Douglaston Parkway & Poplar Street 1,060 feet
- 244th Street & Church Street 1,090 feet
- Prospect Avenue & Depew Avenue 1,180 feet
See every intersection along Orient Avenue or Poplar Street.