79th Street & 34th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 79th Street and 34th Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 500 feet to the 78th Street Plaza, and the 34th Avenue Plaza is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 81 St/34 Av, is 620 feet away for the Q32. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
81 St/34 Av · Q32
Within a walk
14 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & 34th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 81 St/34 Av, 620 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 81 St/34 Av Q32
    620 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 81 St & 34 Ave 25 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1937 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 120 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 62 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Avenue

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

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 79th Street

  • Farmers market 7 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 79th Street

  • Farmers market 7 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 47 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-French Renaissance and neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1922 and 1937.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 field
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    440 feet
  3. Garden School
    500 feet
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  1. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Jhelc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. P.S. 212 School
    1,090 feet
  4. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rory Staunton Field
    300 feet
  2. Travers Park
    310 feet
  3. Travers Park Playground
    640 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    500 feet
  2. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church Landmark
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 79th Street.

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