39th Avenue & 62nd Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and 62nd Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Woodside Community School is 1,240 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 50 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Roosevelt Av/61 St · Q53 SBS, Q70 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 & 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    550 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
    0.3 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 Roosevelt Av/61 St, 470 feet away, for the Q53 SBS and Q70 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/61 St Q53 SBS, Q70 SBS
    470 feet
    Q53 SBS Q70 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …
  2. Q70 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 63-07 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 eight 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 62nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM

West side of 62nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 420569.

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
    940 feet
  2. ABC Kiddieland Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Woodside Friends Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Woodside Community School
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Post Office
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 23 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Avenue or 62nd 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.