39th Avenue & 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and 61st Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Pauls Episcopal Church Woodside is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
61 St/Roosevelt Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
14 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    510 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
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 65 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

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 61 St/Roosevelt Av, 580 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St/Roosevelt Av Q53 SBS
    580 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 63-07 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 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 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

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

South side of 39th Avenue

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

East side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 3 signs TAXI/FHV PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

West side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414666 and 426420.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Expanding Horizons Institute Trade or language school
    750 feet
  2. Woodside Friends Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. The Woodside Community School
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. ABC Kiddieland Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Post Office
    270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 22 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 61st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.