37th Avenue & 76th Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 76th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
75 St/37 Av · Q47, Q49
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    1,160 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
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 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 75 St/37 Av, 390 feet away, for the Q47 and Q49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 St/37 Av Q47, Q49
    390 feet
    Q47 Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 79 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,120 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

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
66 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 2,600 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 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 7pm on 76th Street (west side).

North side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 30 MMP COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 37th Avenue

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

East side of 76th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 463028, 463029, 467494, 468536, 469045 and 469046.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 65 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-American Garden Home and neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1921 and 1927.

  1. Public School No. 69 Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    510 feet
  2. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    260 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    680 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    200 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 76th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.