34th Avenue & 84th Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 84th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights stands 500 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 82 St/34 Av, is 600 feet away for the Q32, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
82 St/34 Av · Q32
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 84th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 82 St/34 Av, 600 feet away, for the Q32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.9 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 January 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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,700 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 1928 and 1951.

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 October 2020 and January 2025, 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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 84th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 84th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 186 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
    500 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 212 School
    630 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church Landmark
    650 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Community United Methodist Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  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 34 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 84th 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.