37th Avenue & 82nd Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 82nd Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens, and is also named Calle Colombia Way by local law. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters stands 110 feet away, and Jackson Heights Post Office is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 94 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    720 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 82 St/37 Av, 70 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 82 St/37 Av Q32 · Countdown sign
    70 feet
    Q32
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 82nd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

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
59 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Calle Colombia Way, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).

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 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Calle Colombia Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and September 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 37th Avenue

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

East side of 82nd Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUDNAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 82nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405281, 468071, 468446 and 468862.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 139 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Tudor, and built between 1911 and 1994.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Renaissance Charter School
    220 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    520 feet
  3. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
Show all 10
  1. St Joan of Arc School Landmark
    620 feet
  2. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    630 feet
  3. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    740 feet
  4. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  5. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    980 feet
  6. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  7. P.S. Q222 - Fire Fighter Christopher A. Santora School Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    1,080 feet
  2. Dunningham Triangle
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Library Landmark
    380 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community United Methodist Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackson Heights Post Office Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    240 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 94 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 82nd 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 Records, 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.