42nd Street & Newtown Road

The four-way crossing of 42nd Street and Newtown Road is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 070 is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and 37 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Steinway St/31 Av · Q101
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
42nd Street & Newtown Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Steinway St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/31 Av, 870 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/31 Av Q101
    870 feet
    Q101

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Newton Rd & 44 St 19 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-02 31st Avenue Gas station
    600 feet
  2. 31-30 Steinway Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
67 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the European hornbeam and the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 42nd Street

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

North side of Newtown Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Newtown Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated one street clock.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 070 School
    470 feet
  2. Diki Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. I.S. 010 Horace Greeley School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sean's Place Park
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph RC Church Astoria House of worship
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd Street or Newtown Road.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.