37th Avenue & 81st Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 81st Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Renaissance Charter School is 150 feet away, and Jackson Heights Library is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about four minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them schools, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
980 feet · 4 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
81 St/37 Av · Q32
Within a walk
18 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    980 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.5 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 81 St/37 Av, 100 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 81 St/37 Av Q32
    100 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 81st Street.

  • 85 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & 37 Ave 21 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

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
60 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 3,400 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 1926 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and April 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 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 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8:30AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 81st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 81st Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 4 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 462818, 468448, 468562 and 468563.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 167 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Tudor, and mostly built between 1919 and 1929.

  1. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. English Gables Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Ward Meehan Meeting Hall Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Renaissance Charter School
    150 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    770 feet
  3. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 10
  1. St Joan of Arc School Landmark
    880 feet
  2. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    890 feet
  4. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  5. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  6. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    1,130 feet
  7. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Library Landmark
    270 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community United Methodist Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackson Heights Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    1,160 feet
  3. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 81st 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.