34th Avenue & 82nd Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 82nd Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Marks Episcopal Church is 170 feet away, and Rory Staunton Field is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about eight 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 39 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 82 St/34 Av, 80 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 82 St/34 Av Q32 · Shelter
    80 feet
    Q32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 82nd Street.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.8 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
    0.5 miles

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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, September 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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,500 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 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and August 2025, 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 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 163 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1923 and 1929.

  1. The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    780 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
  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 field
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. P.S. 212 School
    310 feet
  3. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
Show all 11
  1. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  4. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  5. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    910 feet
  6. St Joan of Arc School
    970 feet
  7. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    1,140 feet
  8. Garden School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rory Staunton Field
    1,080 feet
  2. Travers Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    230 feet
  2. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church Landmark
    170 feet
  2. Community United Methodist Church Landmark
    810 feet
  3. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 82nd 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.