34th Avenue & 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 81st Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights stands 440 feet away, and P.S. 212 is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
81 St/34 Av · Q32
Within a walk
21 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 81 St/34 Av, 100 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 81 St/34 Av Q32
    100 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 81st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 81 St & 34 Ave 25 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 May 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1925 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 34th Avenue

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

East side of 81st Street

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

West side of 81st Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 115 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1922 and 1929.

  1. The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 field
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 212 School
    570 feet
Show all 10
  1. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    650 feet
  2. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  3. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  4. Garden School
    1,020 feet
  5. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  6. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  7. St Joan of Arc School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rory Staunton Field
    820 feet
  2. Travers Park
    830 feet
  3. Travers Park Playground
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    490 feet
  2. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Community United Methodist Church Landmark
    910 feet
  3. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 81st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.