29th Street & 40th Road

The three-way junction of 29th Street and 40th Road is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Windmill Community Garden is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Queens Plaza, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2015 and 2019, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queens Plaza
890 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F, R
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
31 St/40 Av · Q108
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
29th Street & 40th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queens Plaza, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    890 feet
    E F R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. R …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    1,250 feet
    N W
  2. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.3 miles
    7 N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Look Up, Not Down” (2005) by Ellen Harvey at the Queens Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 31 St/40 Av, 850 feet away, for the Q108.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 31 St/40 Av Q108
    850 feet
    Q108

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q108 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 29th Street and 40th Road.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 28 St & 41 Ave 27 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 40-40 Crescent Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2015 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 323 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 29th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 40th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of 40th Road

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built between 1925 and 1927.

  1. Bank of the Manhattan Company Building Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of American Studies School
    270 feet
  2. Atlas School
    270 feet
  3. Growing Up Green Charter School
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. Our World Neighborhood Charter MS School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Windmill Community Garden
    600 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 29th Street or 40th Road.

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