35th Avenue & 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and 81st Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Community United Methodist Church is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
81 St/35 Av · Q32
Within a walk
16 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 81 St/35 Av, 60 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 81 St/35 Av Q32
    60 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 81st Street.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 81 St & 35 Ave 25 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016

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
74 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 3,500 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 81st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 81st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 468563.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 155 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1921 and 1930.

  1. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Ward Meehan Meeting Hall Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    390 feet
  3. St Joan of Arc School Landmark
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    680 feet
  3. Renaissance Charter School
    790 feet
  4. P.S. 212 School
    830 feet
  5. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  6. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    60 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Library
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community United Methodist Church Landmark
    190 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc Landmark
    480 feet
  3. St Marks Episcopal Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    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 81st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.