30th Street & Newtown Avenue

The four-way crossing of 30th Street and Newtown Avenue is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Athens Square is 250 feet away, and P.S. 234 is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 30 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 62 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
30 Av
590 feet · 2 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
30 Av/31 St · Q18
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
30th Street & Newtown Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 30 Av, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 30 Av N, W
    590 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. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.3 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, 600 feet away, for the Q18.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 69 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & Newtown Ave 37 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
39 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 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 36 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 30th Street (north side).

East side of 30th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 30th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Newtown Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Newtown Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 3 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 413627, 414268, 414270 and 414984.

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. Doric Columns Columns by Anthony Frudakis, 1996
    360 feet
  2. Socrates Statue by Anthony Frudakis, 1993
    370 feet
  3. Sophocles Statue by Chris Vilardi, 2015
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Les Enfants Montessori School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    80 feet
  2. Academy for New Americans School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 234 School
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. Discovery Lane Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 017 Henry David Thoreau School
    920 feet
  3. The 30th Avenue School (G&t Citywide) School
    920 feet
  4. Bright and Busy Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  5. St Demetrios Greek American School
    1,190 feet
  6. Hellenic Orthodox Community Saint Demetrios School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Athens Square Playground
    250 feet
  2. Columbus Square
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Center of Israel Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Taiwan Union Christian Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    810 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 17 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 30th Street or Newtown Avenue.

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.