30th Avenue & Main Avenue

The four-way crossing of 30th Avenue and Main Avenue is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Two Coves Community Garden is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 St/Astoria Blvd, is 390 feet away for the B62, Q18 and Q103, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
8 St/Astoria Blvd · B62, Q18, Q103
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
30th Avenue & Main Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 St/Astoria Blvd, 390 feet away, for the B62, Q18 and Q103.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St/Astoria Blvd B62, Q18, Q103
    390 feet
    B62 Q18 Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q18 …
  3. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 30 Ave & 12 St 33 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    870 feet
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, January 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11102
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Old Astoria-Hallets Point
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Main Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Main Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nysarc NYC - Astoria Blue Feather School
    890 feet
  2. Astoria Blue Feather Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  3. P.S. 171 Peter G. van Alst School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Two Coves Community Garden
    30 feet
  2. Hallets Cove Playground
    280 feet
  3. Van Alst Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Socrates Sculpture Park
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Reformed Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Astoria Community Center
    780 feet
  2. Older adult center at 4-05 Astoria Boulevard Older adult center
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Astoria Ferry Landing
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 Main Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.