38th Avenue & 59th Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and 59th Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Sebastian Catholic Academy is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
58 St/38 Av · Q18
Within a walk
12 places
9 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    1,220 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R
  2. 69 St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Commuting/Community” (1986) by John Cavanagh and “Woodside Continuum” (1999) by Dimitri Gerakaris at the 61 St-Woodside station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 58 St/38 Av, 260 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 58 St/38 Av Q18
    260 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 59th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 61 St & 39 Ave 30 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 34th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 56-02 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.5 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodside
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 59th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 59th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Woodside Community School
    580 feet
  2. St Sebastian Catholic Academy School
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Episcopal Church Woodside House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Post Office
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 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 38th Avenue or 59th Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.