34th Avenue & 83rd Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 83rd Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies on the edge of 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. It is 30 feet to the 34th Avenue Plaza. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 39 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 83rd 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 82 St/34 Av, 340 feet away, for the Q32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 Ave & 83 St 22 docks in all
    70 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
    0.5 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
65 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 1927 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Avenue

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

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 182 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1927 and 1929.

  1. The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights Designated landmark
    310 feet
  2. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 212 School
    370 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
Show all 10
  1. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  4. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    1,170 feet
  6. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    1,210 feet
  7. St Joan of Arc School
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    30 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church Landmark
    390 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Community United Methodist Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 83rd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.