Whitney Avenue & Case Street

Whitney Avenue and Case Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine 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 34 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Hampton St/Whitney Ave · Q29
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 & Case Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    730 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 Hampton St/Whitney Ave, 0.3 miles away, for the Q29.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Whitney Ave Q29
    0.3 miles
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 1.4 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
    0.9 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1939 and 1962.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Case Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Case Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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
    290 feet
  2. Moving Up Children Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Las Americas Jewelry School Trade or language school
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 18 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Case 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.