29th Street & Newtown Avenue

The four-way crossing of 29th Street and Newtown Avenue is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The 30th Avenue School (G&t Citywide) is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, 30 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and 51 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
30 Av
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
30 Av/27 St · Q18
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
29th Street & Newtown Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 30 Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 30 Av N, W
    1,000 feet
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perasma I & II; Dappleganger” (2018) by Stephen Westfall at the 30 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 30 Av/27 St, 910 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 30 Av/27 St Q18
    910 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & Newtown Ave 37 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
37 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 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese tree lilac and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 29th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 29th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Newtown Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 416345.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Athens Square Park.

  1. Socrates Statue by Anthony Frudakis, 1993
    520 feet
  2. Doric Columns Columns by Anthony Frudakis, 1996
    530 feet
  3. Aristotle Statue by George V. Tsaras, 2008
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Les Enfants Montessori School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Discovery Lane Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  3. P.S. 017 Henry David Thoreau School
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. The 30th Avenue School (G&t Citywide) School
    520 feet
  2. Academy of the City Middle School
    970 feet
  3. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria School
    1,040 feet
  4. Academy for New Americans School
    1,120 feet
  5. P.S. 234 School
    1,120 feet
  6. Kid Krazy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Athens Square Playground
    510 feet

Health care

  1. Mount Sinai Hospital - Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens Hospital
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Center of Israel Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 16 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 29th Street or Newtown 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.