34th Avenue & 85th Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 85th 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. P.S. 212 is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/85 St, is 680 feet away for the Q63 and Q66, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Northern Blvd/85 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/85 St, 680 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/85 St Q63, Q66
    680 feet
    Q63 Q66

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 Ave & 83 St 22 docks in all
    490 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
    0.6 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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 2,100 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 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 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 parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 85th Street

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

West side of 85th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 227 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1925 and 1929.

  1. The Jewish Center of Jackson Heights Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 212 School
    890 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church House of worship
    910 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. Community United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and five 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 85th 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.