37th Avenue & 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 61st Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Pauls Episcopal Church Woodside is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
1,300 feet
58 St/Broadway · Q18
Within a walk
16 places
12 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.3 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
    0.3 miles
    M R
  2. 69 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

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, 1,300 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 58 St/Broadway Q18
    1,300 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 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 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 63-07 Broadway Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 61st Street

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

West side of 61st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Woodside Friends at CLC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Collins Triangle
    1,110 feet
  2. General Hart Playground
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Episcopal Church Woodside House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Post Office
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and eight 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 37th Avenue or 61st Street.

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