30th Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 30th Avenue and 50th Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Grand Post Office is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 14 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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30th Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    0.5 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 Hobart St/30 Av, 250 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hobart St/30 Av Q18
    250 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 28th Avenue & 30th Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 40-08 30th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.7 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 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

East side of 50th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 50th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strippoli Square
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Post Office
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and three 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:

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.