36th Avenue & 14th Street

The three-way junction of 36th Avenue and 14th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Ravenswood development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Ravenswood Library is 350 feet away, and Spirit Playground is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
36 Av/21 St · Q102
Within a walk
15 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
36th Avenue & 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av N, W
    0.5 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. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Crystal Blue Persuasion” (2018) by Maureen McQuillan at the 36 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 Av/21 St, 190 feet away, for the Q102.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av/21 St Q102
    190 feet
    Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 36th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 36 Ave 19 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 36-42 21st Street Gas station
    500 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1959 and 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Ravenswood development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 14th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of 36th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Voice Charter School of New York School
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell School
    910 feet
  3. Voice Charter School-Annex School
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Msgr. Andrew Landi Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
    580 feet
  2. Spirit Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. Ravenswood Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ravenswood Library
    350 feet
  2. Long Island City Library
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ravenswood Community Center
    350 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 260 Fire station
    1,010 feet
  2. Police Service Area #9 Satellite Police station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 14th Street or 36th Avenue.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.