30th Avenue & 56th Place

The three-way junction of 30th Avenue and 56th Place is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Strippoli Square is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hobart St/30 Av, is 270 feet away for the Q18. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and ten places to eat. About 1,400 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 & 56th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hobart St/30 Av, 270 feet away, for the Q18.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strippoli Square
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, three 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.