34th Avenue & Junction Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and Junction Boulevard is in North Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 600 feet to the 97th Street Community Garden. The nearest subway, Junction Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & Junction Boulevard 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, 60 feet away, for the Q72.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 114th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2020
  • Turn calming, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
North Corona
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 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 1929 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Junction Boulevard

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Junction Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 149 Christa McAuliffe School
    620 feet
  2. Ps280q: Home of the Lionhearts School
    790 feet
  3. Sco Family of Services Corona Early Education Center at 33-27 97 St Pre-K
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 228 Early Childhood Magnet School of the Arts Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  2. Excel Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,300 feet
  3. I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Junction Playground
    60 feet
  2. 97th Street Community Garden
    600 feet
  3. Northern Playground
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Olivet Gospel Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    800 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 25 places to eat and 13 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 Junction Boulevard.

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.