38th Avenue & Brookside Street
The three-way junction of 38th Avenue and Brookside Street is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy, is 1,110 feet away for the Q36. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two. Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy, 1,110 feet away, for the Q36.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy Q361,110 feetQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 260-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station1.3 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11363
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Douglaston-Little Neck
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1955 and 1975.
Trees
Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 38th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, 40 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1920 and 1957.
Within a walk
How places are listedFood stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 38th Avenue & Little Neck Parkway 260 feet
- 37th Avenue & Brookside Street 360 feet
- 37th Avenue & Little Neck Parkway 690 feet
- 39th Avenue & Little Neck Parkway 720 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 39th Road 840 feet
- 37th Avenue & 255th Street 980 feet
- 34th Avenue & Little Neck Parkway 980 feet
- 39th Road & Westmoreland Street 990 feet
See every intersection along 38th Avenue or Brookside Street.