79th Street & 30th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 79th Street and 30th Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Trainsmeadow Post Office is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 78 St/30 Av, is 320 feet away for the Q47, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
78 St/30 Av · Q47
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & 30th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 78 St/30 Av, 320 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 78 St/30 Av Q47
    320 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 30 Ave & 80 St 19 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-06 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11370
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 79th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 79th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Academy School
    380 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. LaGuardia Landing Lights Park
    370 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Trainsmeadow Post Office
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    980 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    570 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 30th Avenue or 79th 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.