Whitestone Expressway & 3rd Avenue

Whitestone Expressway and 3rd Avenue meet at a three-way junction in College Point, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Francis Lewis Playground is 460 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whitestone Expressway & 3rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
College Point
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 100 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 1945 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 3rd Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Whitestone Expressway

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Whitestone Expressway

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Francis Lewis Park
    50 feet
  2. Francis Lewis Playground
    460 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd Avenue or Whitestone Expressway.

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