234th Street & 38th Drive

The three-way junction of 234th Street and 38th Drive is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Douglaston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Alley Pond Park is 670 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings. About 190 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1968, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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234th Street & 38th Drive Nearby corners, linked

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    2.1 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
11 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1968.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

East side of 234th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Douglaston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 63 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1910 and 1950.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Pond Park
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Allen-Beville House Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Church of Douglaston House of worship
    720 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 signal or safety change

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC DOT, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.