32nd Avenue & 98th Street

The four-way crossing of 32nd Avenue and 98th Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens, and is also named Pamela Kay Armstrong Petties Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Alpha Missionary Baptist Church East Elmhurst is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/98 St, is 680 feet away for the Q63 and Q66, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Northern Blvd/98 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
20 places
13 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
32nd Avenue & 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/98 St, 680 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/98 St Q63, Q66
    680 feet
    Q63 Q66

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 32nd Avenue and 98th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 99 St & 32 Ave 20 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Van Wyck Expressway at Northern Boulevard/Grand Central Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-15 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Pamela Kay Armstrong Petties Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Pamela Kay Armstrong Petties Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 98th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 98th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  2. Sco Family of Services Corona Early Education Center at 33-27 97 St Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Private William Gray Playground
    410 feet
  2. Veterans Plaza
    1,110 feet
  3. 97th Street Community Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Langston Hughes Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Alpha Missionary Baptist Church East Elmhurst House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Resurrection Church East Elmhurst House of worship
    730 feet
  3. St Gabriels Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mount Olivet Gospel Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fisher Pool Swimming pool
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 98th Street.

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