36th Avenue & 28th Street

The four-way crossing of 36th Avenue and 28th Street is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and 30 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 Av
800 feet · 3 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
36 Av/Crescent St · Q102
Within a walk
6 places
3 schools, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
36th Avenue & 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 Av, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 Av N, W
    800 feet
    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. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

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/Crescent St, 390 feet away, for the Q102.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av/Crescent St Q102
    390 feet
    Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 28th Street and 36th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 28 St & 36 Ave 29 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-01 38th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    1,260 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2026
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 28th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 28th Street

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 36th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 36th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Energy Tech High School
    540 feet
  2. I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes School
    540 feet
  3. P.S. 112 Dutch Kills School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dutch Kills Playground
    220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 116 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 15 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 28th 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.