34th Avenue & 73rd Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 73rd Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 230 is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
74 St/34 Av · Q47
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 65 St M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 74 St/34 Av, 330 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 74 St/34 Av Q47
    330 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 Ave & 74 St 25 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 75-09 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    1,250 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 230 School
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 398 Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. The Hector Figueroa School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Travers Park
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    970 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 73rd 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.