37th Street & 36th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 37th Street and 36th Avenue is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our World Neighborhood Charter School is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Steinway St/Northern Blvd · Q101
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 1 listed historic place and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Street & 36th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 St M, R
    1,170 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 36 Av N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W
  2. Steinway St M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/Northern Blvd, 900 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/Northern Blvd Q101
    900 feet
    Q101

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 35 Ave & 37 St 23 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 34-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    1,160 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1920 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 86 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 36th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 36th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 37th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 37th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Miami Ad School New York Trade or language school
    370 feet
  2. Baccalaureate School for Global Education School
    640 feet
  3. Our World Neighborhood Charter School
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Thirty Five XXXV Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of the Moving Image Museum
    900 feet
  2. Paramount Studios Complex Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Arrow Field House Recreation center
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 36th Avenue or 37th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.