37th Avenue & 13th Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 13th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Voice Charter School-Annex is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St-Queensbridge, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 140 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
21 St-Queensbridge
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
36 Av/12 St · Q102
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St-Queensbridge, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. M …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. M …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 Av/12 St, 760 feet away, for the Q102.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av/12 St Q102
    760 feet
    Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 38 Ave 19 docks in all
    840 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
    560 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
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

Homes

About 140 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 13th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

North side of 37th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of 37th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Long Island City Library.

  1. Diagonal Sonata Bas-relief sculpture by Toshio Sasaki, 2007
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell School
    290 feet
  2. Voice Charter School-Annex School
    290 feet
  3. Voice Charter School of New York School
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 076 William Hallet School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
    310 feet
  2. Spirit Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island City Library
    820 feet
  2. Ravenswood Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Christian Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ravenswood Community Center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 260 Fire station
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Street or 37th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.