34th Avenue & 74th Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 74th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Travers Park is 830 feet away, and the Hector Figueroa School is 1,270 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 nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 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
70 feet
74 St/34 Av · Q47
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 74th 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 …

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, 70 feet away, for the Q47.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 74th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 75-09 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    960 feet

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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1934 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

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

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 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 74th Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 74th Street

  • Loading only 4 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 230 School
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 398 Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  3. The Hector Figueroa School
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jhelc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Travers Park
    830 feet
  2. Rory Staunton Field
    1,250 feet
  3. Travers Park Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,230 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four 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 74th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.