30th Avenue & 42nd Street

The four-way crossing of 30th Avenue and 42nd Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 070 is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 30 Av/43 St, is 320 feet away for the Q18, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 62 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
30 Av/43 St · Q18
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
30th Avenue & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 30 Av/43 St, 320 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 30 Av/43 St Q18 · Shelter
    320 feet
    Q18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 30 Ave & 41 St 23 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 40-08 30th Avenue Gas station
    410 feet
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 30th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 425379 and 426912.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Creche Les Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Les Petites Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  3. St Joseph Catholic Academy School
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 070 School
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Heights Playground
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph RC Church Astoria House of worship
    400 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Post Office
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    930 feet
  3. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    620 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 18 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 30th Avenue or 42nd Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.