38th Avenue & 32nd Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and 32nd Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Ladder 116 firehouse is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about three minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
710 feet · 3 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Northern Blvd/39 Av · Q101
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 trade or language schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & 32nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 39 Av-Dutch Kills, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    710 feet
    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. 36 St M, R
    730 feet
    M R
  2. 36 Av N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

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 Northern Blvd/39 Av, 520 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/39 Av Q101 · Shelter
    520 feet
    Q101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 32nd Street and 38th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 St & 38 Ave 25 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-01 38th Avenue Gas station
    280 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1989 and 2020.

Since 2014 at least 129 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 32nd Street

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

West side of 32nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Peoplentech Institute of Infomration Trade or language school
    530 feet
  2. The Training Institute Qbi Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. Our World Neighborhood Charter MS School
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 116 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 32nd 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.