38th Avenue & Crescent Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and Crescent Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about seven minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
21 St/38 Av · B62, Q66, Q69
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & Crescent Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 39 Av-Dutch Kills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    0.3 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. 36 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. 36 Av N, W
    0.4 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 21 St/38 Av, 1,110 feet away, for the B62, Q66 and Q69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/38 Av B62, Q66, Q69
    1,110 feet
    B62 Q66 Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q66 …
  3. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 38th Avenue and Crescent Street.

  • 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 37-45 21st Street Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of 38th Avenue

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

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 413065 and 416319.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. SCO Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. P.S. 112 Dutch Kills School
    820 feet
  3. Energy Tech High School
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dutch Kills Playground
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island City Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    70 feet
  2. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 116 Fire station
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 38th Avenue or Crescent Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.