39th Avenue & 28th Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and 28th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Growing Up Green Charter School is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
800 feet · 3 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
31 St/39 Av · Q102
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 39 Av-Dutch Kills, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    800 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
    0.3 miles
    M R
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.4 miles
    E F 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 31 St/39 Av, 810 feet away, for the Q102.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 31 St/39 Av Q102
    810 feet
    Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 28th Street and 39th Avenue.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 38 Ave & 29 St 19 docks in all
    700 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. 31-01 38th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 two crashes 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 November 2023.

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of 28th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 28th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 39th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 416070.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Growing Up Green Charter School
    380 feet
  2. SCO Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. Academy of American Studies School
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Our World Neighborhood Charter MS School
    790 feet
  2. Atlas School
    1,070 feet
  3. Energy Tech High School
    1,290 feet
  4. I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Windmill Community Garden
    360 feet
  2. Dutch Kills Playground
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. St Patricks Church House of worship
    520 feet
  3. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 116 Fire station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and six 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 28th Street or 39th 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.