29th Avenue & Gillmore Street

The four-way crossing of 29th Avenue and Gillmore Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 316 firehouse is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St, is 490 feet away for the Q19, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

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29th Avenue & Gillmore Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St, 490 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St Q19
    490 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gillmore St & 27 Ave 18 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Van Wyck Expressway at Northern Boulevard/Grand Central Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 101-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 29th Avenue

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

South side of 29th Avenue

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

East side of Gillmore Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Barclay Triangle
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 316 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and five 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.