Whitestone Expressway & 5th Avenue
Whitestone Expressway and 5th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Francis Lewis Park is 580 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 190 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Whitestone Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station0.8 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
What the city has done here
- Turn calming, April 2021
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)
- Whitestone-Beechhurst
- Elevation
- 38 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 190 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 August 2017 and September 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Whitestone Expressway
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Francis Lewis Park580 feet
- Francis Lewis Playground820 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Whitestone Expressway & 4th Avenue 260 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & 6th Avenue 260 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & 7th Avenue 530 feet
- Whitestone Bridge & Whitestone Expressway 650 feet
- 147th Street & 5th Avenue 650 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & 3rd Avenue 730 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & 8th Avenue 860 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 3rd Avenue 890 feet
See every intersection along 5th Avenue or Whitestone Expressway.