34th Avenue & 76th Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 76th 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. I.S. 230 is 750 feet away, and I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
75 St/34 Av · Q47
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.5 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 75 St/34 Av, 340 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 St/34 Av Q47
    340 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,200 feet
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2020

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1939 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 76th Street

  • Loading only 3 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 76th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Moderne, and built between 1938 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 field
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 230 School
    750 feet
  2. Jhelc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  3. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Garden School
    1,030 feet
  2. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Travers Park
    310 feet
  2. Rory Staunton Field
    730 feet
  3. Travers Park Playground
    740 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    760 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 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 two places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 76th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.