30th Street & 30th Drive

The four-way crossing of 30th Street and 30th Drive is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Demetrios Greek American School is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 30 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
30 Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
30 Av/31 St · Q18
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
30th Street & 30th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 30 Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 30 Av N, W
    940 feet
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W
  2. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.5 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perasma I & II; Dappleganger” (2018) by Stephen Westfall at the 30 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 30 Av/31 St, 820 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 30 Av/31 St Q18 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    820 feet
    Q18
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 Ave & 30 St 21 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 31-99 33rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Drive

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 30th Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 30th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of 30th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Athens Square Park.

  1. Athena Statue by Spiro Goggakis, 1998
    780 feet
  2. Sophocles Statue by Chris Vilardi, 2015
    790 feet
  3. Aristotle Statue by George V. Tsaras, 2008
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Hellenic Orthodox Community Saint Demetrios School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. St Demetrios Greek American School
    120 feet
  3. Academy for New Americans School
    630 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 234 School
    630 feet
  2. Adventureland Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 017 Henry David Thoreau School
    1,170 feet
  4. The 30th Avenue School (G&t Citywide) School
    1,170 feet
  5. TLE Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  6. Les Enfants Montessori School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Athens Square Playground
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Taiwan Union Christian Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Holy Cross Ukrainian Church House of worship
    540 feet
  3. Astoria Methodist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and ten 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 30th Drive or 30th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.