39th Avenue & 59th Street

The three-way junction of 39th Avenue and 59th Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Pauls Episcopal Church Woodside is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about four minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
58 St/39 Av · Q18
Within a walk
14 places
9 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    1,040 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.5 miles
    7
  2. 52 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/39 Av, 320 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 58 St/39 Av Q18
    320 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 39th Avenue and 59th Street.

  • 25 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
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 59th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 59th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Woodside Community School
    400 feet
  2. St Sebastian Catholic Academy School
    1,110 feet
  3. Expanding Horizons Institute Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sohncke Square
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Post Office
    690 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 32 places to eat and nine 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th 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.