30th Avenue & 73rd Street

The four-way crossing of 30th Avenue and 73rd Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Trainsmeadow Post Office is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 73 St/31 Av, is 780 feet away for the Q47, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
73 St/31 Av · Q47
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
30th Avenue & 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 73 St/31 Av, 780 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 73 St/31 Av Q47 · Shelter
    780 feet
    Q47
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 73 St & 25 Ave 19 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 28th Avenue & 30th Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69-05 30th Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11370
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Lexington School for the Deaf School
    630 feet
  2. Monsignor McClancy Memorial HS School
    1,070 feet
  3. A Child's Place Too Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Michael's Playground
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Trainsmeadow Post Office
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    800 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    570 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 30th Avenue or 73rd 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.