35th Avenue & 79th Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and 79th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters stands 660 feet away, and St Joan of Arc is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them schools, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
35 Av/80 St · Q49
Within a walk
18 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 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 35 Av/80 St, 240 feet away, for the Q49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 35 Av/80 St Q49
    240 feet
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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. 81 St & 35 Ave 25 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.5 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,900 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 1936 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 79th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 79th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 467196 and 469041.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 97 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1919 and 1937.

  1. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 field
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. St Joan of Arc School
    1,030 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    910 feet
  2. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    1,150 feet
  4. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    1,200 feet
  5. Garden School
    1,220 feet
  6. Renaissance Charter School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rory Staunton Field
    1,010 feet
  2. Travers Park
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Library Landmark
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community United Methodist Church Landmark
    710 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackson Heights Post Office Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 35th Avenue or 79th 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.