34th Avenue & 96th Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 96th Street is in North Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Junction Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Junction Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1959, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junction Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Junction Blvd/34 Av · Q72
Within a walk
21 places
13 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junction Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Junction Blvd 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 Junction Blvd/34 Av, 290 feet away, for the Q72.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junction Blvd/34 Av Q72
    290 feet
    Q72

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 Ave & Junction Blvd 23 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 114th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 97-15 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,230 feet
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
North Corona
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and February 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 96th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 96th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services Corona Early Education Center at 33-27 97 St Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 149 Christa McAuliffe School
    850 feet
  3. Ps280q: Home of the Lionhearts School
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 092 Harry T. Stewart Sr. School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Junction Playground
    50 feet
  2. 97th Street Community Garden
    380 feet
  3. Northern Playground
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Olivet Gospel Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 95-18 Northern Boulevard Older adult center
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 96th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.