39th Avenue & Crescent Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and Crescent Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Windmill Community Garden is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about five minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
31 St/39 Av · Q102
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th 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 five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 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. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.4 miles
    7 N W
  2. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.4 miles
    M

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, 0.3 miles away, for the Q102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 39th Avenue and Crescent Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 40 Ave & Crescent St 23 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 40-40 Crescent Street Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

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

South side of 39th Avenue

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

East side of Crescent Street

  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 413065.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. SCO Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Growing Up Green Charter School
    900 feet
  3. Academy of American Studies School
    1,250 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 112 Dutch Kills School
    1,280 feet
  2. Our World Neighborhood Charter MS School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Windmill Community Garden
    880 feet
  2. Dutch Kills Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    520 feet
  3. St Patricks Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 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.