30th Avenue & 49th Street

The four-way crossing of 30th Avenue and 49th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens, and is also named Firefighter Richard Sclafani Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Grand Post Office is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
30 Av/48 St · Q18
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
30th Avenue & 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 30 Av/48 St, 330 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 30 Av/48 St Q18
    330 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & 30 Ave 23 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 28th Avenue & 30th Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 40-08 30th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
55 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter Richard Sclafani Way, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2005 (Local Law 131 of 2005).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Richard Sclafani Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

South side of 30th Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 415308 and 426578.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Creche Les Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  2. Les Petites Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  3. Elber Islamic School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Heights Playground
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Post Office
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and five 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 30th Avenue or 49th 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.