79th Street & 37th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 79th Street and 37th Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens, and is also named State Senator José R. Peralta Way by local law. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters stands 110 feet away, and Jackson Developmental Center Jackson is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
81 St/37 Av · Q32
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & 37th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 81 St/37 Av, 620 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 81 St/37 Av Q32
    620 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & 37 Ave 21 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

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
62 feet above sea level

This corner is also named State Senator José R. Peralta Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1925 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on State Senator José R. Peralta Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of 79th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 79th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403306, 404062, 465907 and 469040.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 139 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1921 and 1927.

  1. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Public School No. 69 Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. English Gables Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    600 feet
  2. Renaissance Charter School
    670 feet
  3. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  2. Jackson Developmental Center Jackson School
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Library Landmark
    790 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackson Heights Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    640 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    180 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    980 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 78 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th 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, NYC Records, 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.