Whitney Avenue & Benham Street

Whitney Avenue and Benham Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 43 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Junction Blvd/Roosevelt Av · Q72
Within a walk
3 places
2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 trade or language school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whitney Avenue & Benham Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    780 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. Junction Blvd 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junction Blvd/Roosevelt Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q72.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junction Blvd/Roosevelt Av Q72 · Countdown sign
    0.3 miles
    Q72
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Benham St & Roosevelt Ave 24 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-21 Junction Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Benham Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Benham Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Big Apple Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Moving Up Children Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Las Americas Jewelry School Trade or language school
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    960 feet
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Benham Street or Whitney Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.