34th Avenue & 59th Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 59th Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sergeant Collins Triangle is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
58 St/Broadway · Q18
Within a walk
13 places
10 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.3 miles
    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. 65 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 58 St/Broadway, 320 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 58 St/Broadway Q18
    320 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 34th Avenue and 59th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 St & 34 Ave 22 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 34th Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 56-02 Broadway Gas station
    750 feet
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1,140 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
25 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodside
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 59th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 59th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Woodside Friends at CLC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 152 Gwendoline N. Alleyne School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Collins Triangle
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside House of worship
    210 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 59th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.