37th Avenue & 59th Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 59th Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sergeant Collins Triangle is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
58 St/Broadway · Q18
Within a walk
19 places
16 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 65 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Commuting/Community” (1986) by John Cavanagh and “Woodside Continuum” (1999) by Dimitri Gerakaris at the 61 St-Woodside station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 58 St/Broadway, 860 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 58 St/Broadway Q18
    860 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 59th Street.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 St & 37 Ave 19 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 34th Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 56-02 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.3 miles

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodside
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 59th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 59th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Woodside Friends at CLC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. The Woodside Community School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Collins Triangle
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside House of worship
    860 feet
  2. St Pauls Episcopal Church Woodside House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart 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 ten places to eat and six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 59th Street.

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