38th Avenue & 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and 12th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 260 firehouse is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St-Queensbridge, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1941, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
21 St-Queensbridge
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
21 St/38 Av · B62, Q66, Q69
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St-Queensbridge, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. M …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. M …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/38 Av, 540 feet away, for the B62, Q66 and Q69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/38 Av B62, Q66, Q69
    540 feet
    B62 Q66 Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q66 …
  3. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 13 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 38 Ave 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-02 21st Street Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 8-08 Queens Plaza South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of 12th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 38th Avenue

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-NOON

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Long Island City Library.

  1. Diagonal Sonata Bas-relief sculpture by Toshio Sasaki, 2007
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell School
    700 feet
  2. Voice Charter School-Annex School
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 30 Academy of Cultural Excellence Pre-K
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Voice Charter School of New York School
    920 feet
  2. P.S. 076 William Hallet School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island City Library
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pentecostal Christian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 260 Fire station
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 12th Street or 38th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.