38th Avenue & 24th Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and 24th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Evangel Christian Church is 1,000 feet away, and the Ladder 116 firehouse is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about eight minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
21 St/38 Av · B62, Q66, Q69
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 39 Av-Dutch Kills, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. 36 St M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hellion Equilibrium” (2018) by Sarah Morris at the 39 Av-Dutch Kills station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/38 Av, 840 feet away, for the B62, Q66 and Q69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q66 …
  3. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 24 St & 38 Ave 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 24th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 24th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of 38th Avenue

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

South side of 38th Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. SCO Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. P.S. 112 Dutch Kills School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dutch Kills Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island City Library
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 116 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

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 24th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.