34th Avenue & Crescent Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and Crescent Street is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ravenswood Playground is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
35 Av/Crescent St · Q66
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & Crescent Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 36 Av N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Outlook” (2018) by Diane Carr at the Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 35 Av/Crescent St, 730 feet away, for the Q66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 35 Av/Crescent St Q66 · Shelter
    730 feet
    Q66
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 34th Avenue and Crescent Street.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crescent St & 34 Ave 27 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 34-00 31st Street Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 31-99 33rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 4pm to 7pm on Crescent Street (west side).

North side of 34th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of 34th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Crescent Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 419393, 424016, 425998 and 426976.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. All Childrens Child Care Center of Queens Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Queensview Nursery School and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ravenswood Playground
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 23-56 Broadway Older adult center
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or Crescent 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.