12th Street & 30th Road

The four-way crossing of 12th Street and 30th Road is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Ferry Landing is 1,080 feet away, and Astoria Library is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 30 Av/12 St, is 480 feet away for the Q18, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them playgrounds, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
30 Av/12 St · Q18
Within a walk
12 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
12th Street & 30th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 30 Av/12 St, 480 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 30 Av/12 St Q18
    480 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 30 Ave & 12 St 33 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11102
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Old Astoria-Hallets Point
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 145 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Street

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

West side of 12th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 30th Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 30th Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ideal Islamic School
    1,130 feet
  2. P.S. 171 Peter G. van Alst School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Two Coves Community Garden
    760 feet
  2. Hallets Cove Playground
    810 feet
  3. Socrates Sculpture Park
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Van Alst Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Astoria Health Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Reformed Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Astoria Ferry Landing
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Street or 30th Road.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.