37th Avenue & 74th Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 74th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Diversity Plaza is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 87 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1936 and 1954, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
74 St/37 Av · Q47, Q49
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    700 feet
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

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 “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 74 St/37 Av, 80 feet away, for the Q47 and Q49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 74 St/37 Av Q47, Q49 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    80 feet
    Q47 Q49
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 74th Street.

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 74 St & 37 Ave 30 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    600 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 1936 and 1954.

Since 2014 at least 47 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 64 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 10pm on 74th Street (west side).

North side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 30 MMP COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

East side of 74th Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405495, 466703, 468138 and 468226.

Landmarks and historic districts

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Georgian, and built between 1921 and 1922.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    1,020 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    780 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Post Office Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    580 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 74th Street.

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