32nd Avenue & 51st Street

The three-way junction of 32nd Avenue and 51st Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
51 St/32 Av · Q18
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 community centers and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
32nd Avenue & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    1,030 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 46 St M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 51 St/32 Av, 70 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 51 St/32 Av Q18
    70 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 St & Hobart St 22 docks in all
    930 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 50-92 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,230 feet
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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
25 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 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 in 1949.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 51st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 419004.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. MI Nuevo Mundo Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
    1,020 feet
  3. Gotham Tech High School
    1,290 feet
Show all 5
  1. Motion Picture Technical High School
    1,290 feet
  2. Northwell School of Health Sciences School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strippoli Square
    700 feet
  2. The Community Pride - Woodside Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,230 feet
  3. Woodside Houses Park
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Community Center
    770 feet
  2. Tibetan Community Center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and nine 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 32nd Avenue or 51st 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.