Queens Boulevard & 138th Street

Queens Boulevard and 138th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Briarwood Library is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Briarwood, is about a minute on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 13 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1952 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Briarwood
250 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Queens Blvd/Main St · Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 +1
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 138th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Briarwood, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Briarwood E, F
    250 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Main St, 110 feet away, for the Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 and QM68.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Main St Q20, Q44 SBS, Q60, T300 +1
    110 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS Q60 T300 QM68

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …
  3. Q60 …
  4. T300 …
  5. QM68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Main Street & Queens Boulevard, 230 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 138-98 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2021.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1952 and 1961.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Main Street (south side).

East side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Main Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLE ONLY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 431356 and 431357.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Archbishop Molloy High School
    920 feet
  2. Renanim Manhattan Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hoover - Manton Playgrounds Park
    400 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Briarwood Library
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and ten 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 138th Street or Queens Boulevard.

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