37th Avenue & 83rd Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 83rd Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens, and is also named Richard Cecere 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. English Gables stands 430 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 day care or pre-K sites, and 80 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 83rd 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.

  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. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 82 St/37 Av, 330 feet away, for the Q32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 86 St & 37 Ave 22 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
    0.5 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Richard Cecere Corner, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 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 1926 and 1946.

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 Richard Cecere Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 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 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
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-5PM

East side of 83rd Street

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

West side of 83rd Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 8AM-5PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405281, 466121, 468072 and 468862.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 137 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Romanesque, and mostly built between 1919 and 1937.

  1. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters Designated landmark
    340 feet
  2. English Gables Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Ward Meehan Meeting Hall Designated landmark
    450 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 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Renaissance Charter School
    480 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    590 feet
  3. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
Show all 10
  1. St Joan of Arc School Landmark
    880 feet
  2. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    890 feet
  3. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  4. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  5. P.S. Q222 - Fire Fighter Christopher A. Santora School Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  6. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  7. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Library Landmark
    640 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 35-24 83rd Street Older adult center
    690 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Post Office Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 80 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 83rd 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, 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.