37th Avenue & 77th Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 77th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens, and is also named Edgar Garzon Corner by local law. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Public School No. 69 stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F and two more. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places and 79 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
75 St/37 Av · Q47, Q49
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    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. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 65 St M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

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, 650 feet away, for the Q47 and Q49.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 62 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & 37 Ave 21 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
    0.3 miles
  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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, March 2017
  • Turn calming, April 2021
  • 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
65 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Edgar Garzon Corner, a co-naming enacted on June 14, 2007 (Local Law 28 of 2007).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1927 and 1947.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Edgar Garzon Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 77th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 77th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 464806, 465029, 467495 and 469046.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 104 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1921 and 1927.

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    250 feet
  2. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Renaissance Charter School
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    460 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,010 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 77th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.