32nd Avenue & 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 32nd Avenue and 61st Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Academy of the City Charter School is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
Northern Blvd/60 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 community center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
32nd Avenue & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/60 St, 1,050 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/60 St Q63, Q66
    1,050 feet
    Q63 Q66

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 58 St & 32 Ave 19 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 570 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 68th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
25
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 32nd Avenue

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

East side of 61st Street

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

West side of 61st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of the City Charter School
    510 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Michael's Playground
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tibetan Community Center
    620 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 32nd Avenue or 61st Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.