29th Street & Queens Plaza North

The three-way junction of 29th Street and Queens Plaza North is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Academy of American Studies is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Queens Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 68 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queens Plaza
460 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F, R
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Queens Blvd/Northern Blvd · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
29th Street & Queens Plaza North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queens Plaza, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    460 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. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    630 feet
    7 N W
  2. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    0.4 miles
    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 Queens Blvd/Northern Blvd, 270 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Northern Blvd Q32, Q60
    270 feet
    Q32 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 29th Street and Queens Plaza North.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108 and 114 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 7,500 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 2022.

Since 2014 at least 447 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 176 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 29th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 29th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Queens Plaza North

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of Queens Plaza North

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-8PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 424000 and 424001.

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
    410 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  3. Atlas School
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Academy of American Studies School
    1,080 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    530 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 29th Street or Queens Plaza North.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.