79th Street & 41st Avenue

The three-way junction of 79th Street and 41st Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frank D. O'Connor Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them trade or language schools, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Roosevelt Av/78 St · Q32, Q33
Within a walk
12 places
3 trade or language schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & 41st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    1,150 feet
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/78 St, 850 feet away, for the Q32 and Q33.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/78 St Q32, Q33 · Shelter
    850 feet
    Q32 Q33
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 41st Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 41 Ave & 80 St 25 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    670 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1931 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 41st Avenue (south side).

North side of 41st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 79th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 79th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 403814.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and built between 1925 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    670 feet
  2. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    1,230 feet
  2. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    800 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    830 feet
  3. Dunningham Triangle
    950 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    420 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    420 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 41st Avenue or 79th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.