33rd Street & Astoria Boulevard South

The five-way junction of 33rd Street and Astoria Boulevard South is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 430 feet to the 114th Precinct. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about a minute on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
330 feet · 1 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Hoyt Av South/31 St · M60 SBS
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
33rd Street & Astoria Boulevard South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    330 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. 30 Av N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W
  2. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.5 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hoyt Av South/31 St, 310 feet away, for the M60 SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt Av South/31 St M60 SBS · Shelter
    310 feet
    M60 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M60 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & Astoria Blvd 31 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

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 (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 30 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 33rd Street (west side).

North side of Astoria Boulevard South

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 417385.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Columbus Square.

  1. Christopher Columbus Statue by Angelo Racioppi, 1941
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  2. Bright Start Child Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Square
    190 feet
  2. Hoyt Playground
    560 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 27-40 Hoyt Avenue South Older adult center
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. 114th Precinct Police station
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 33rd Street, Astoria Boulevard South or Grand Central Parkway.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.