Whitestone Expressway & Farrington Street
Whitestone Expressway and Farrington Street meet at a three-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 6,769 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The nearest bus stop, Linden Pl/Whitestone Expwy, is 610 feet away for the Q25, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 18 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Linden Pl/Whitestone Expwy, 610 feet away, for the Q25.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Linden Pl/Whitestone Expwy Q25610 feetQ25
Next buses at this stop
- Q25 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1,180 feet by car along the streets.
- 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 6,769 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 114th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 3,260 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11354
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flushing-Willets Point
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1960 and 1988.
Trees
Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 21 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Farrington Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
West side of Farrington Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Whitestone Expressway
- No stopping 11 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- Holy Mountain Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,090 feet
- P.S. 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Pre-K1,090 feet
- Ready, Set, Grow! Child Care Center, L.L.C Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,170 feet
Supermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket830 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and two 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:
- Whitestone Expressway & Whitestone Expressway Turnaround at Stratton Street 250 feet
- 31st Road & Farrington Street 520 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & Ulmer Street 580 feet
- 31st Road & Stratton Street 670 feet
- 31st Drive & Farrington Street 770 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & Whitestone Expressway Turnaround 800 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & Downing Street 830 feet
- 31st Road & Linden Place 840 feet
See every intersection along Farrington Street or Whitestone Expressway.