38th Avenue & 22nd Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and 22nd Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island City Library is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St-Queensbridge, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 140 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
21 St-Queensbridge
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
21 St/38 Av · B62, Q66, Q69
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & 22nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St-Queensbridge, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    0.5 miles
    N W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/38 Av, 320 feet away, for the B62, Q66 and Q69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q66 …
  3. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 22nd Street.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 37-45 21st Street Gas station
    280 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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 140 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and June 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 22nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-10AM

West side of 22nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell School
    850 feet
  2. Voice Charter School-Annex School
    850 feet
  3. SCO Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
    640 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island City Library
    460 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 22nd Street or 38th Avenue.

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